BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — It's been more than six months since thousands of corrections officers statewide walked off the job and onto the picket line.

Now the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) is addressing one of their key concerns.

The HALT Act, which stands for Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement, was signed into law in 2021. Corrections officers say the law limits what they can do.

"The inmates do not get penalized for doing anything to us; we become punching bags, people kept getting hurt and getting let out the next day," officers said.

So a committee came together and came up with 10 proposed changes that were submitted to New York State's legislature and Governor Kathy Hochul

Key proposed changes include:

DOCCS wants to clarify that c

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