Correction officers remained out on the picket lines in Coxsackie on Friday. It marked the third day of correction officers striking at Greene Correctional Facility, and they said they are not going anywhere until all of their demands are met.

The workers had a deadline of 11:59 p.m. Thursday to return to work.

Workers who didn’t return to work by that deadline could face consequences, the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said.

However, workers stayed on the picket lines, saying their demands haven’t been met yet. They are asking for a permanent suspension of the HALT law, which places restrictions on use of solitary confinement, and want to stop worrying that they will be assaulted at work.

Workers will now be there in shifts, they said, to make sure there are always people here at given any point.

Mediation is scheduled on Monday between the correction officer’s union NYSCOBA and the state.

The memo sent to workers also said that 70% of staffing in prisons in New York state is the new 100%.

Hear why one former corrections officer is saying that doesn’t work by watching the video of Zach Richter’s story.