New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has deployed National Guard troops to secure state-run prisons amid a wildcat strike by corrections workers. Picketing and striking by corrections officers took place at around 30 state prisons as of Wednesday morning,

As demonstrations by correctional officers across New York reached their third day, the state began its response. The National Guard rolled up to the Attica Correctional Facility and others across the state Wednesday afternoon to remedy the staffing situation inside prisons now without a large portion of their officers.