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GROVELAND, N.Y. – Corrections officers are still on strike at Groveland Correctional Facility in Livingston County on Friday after state leaders gave what they called their final warning.

SONYEA — Corrections officers returned to work at 11 prisons statewide as of Friday afternoon while strikes continued at facilities in the GLOW region. Strikers remained on the picket lines ...