New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has deployed National Guard troops to secure state-run prisons amid a wildcat strike by corrections workers.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has activated members of the National Guard to step in at prisons across the state as protests and unsanctioned strike actions conducted by corrections staff continue. Hochul's office announced that the governor signed an executive order Wednesday afternoon activating members of the New York National Guard to go to several prison facilities where corrections officers have gone on an unsanctioned strike.

Governor Hochul has issued a warning to correction officers involved in an illegal strike, stating that the National Guard is prepared to intervene.