The corrections officer strike that lasted for just over three weeks in New York has officially ended, according to New York state officials. Daniel F. Martuscello III, commissioner of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision,

Daniel Martuscello, the Commissioner of New York’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), held a press conference on Monday on the correction officer strike. Martuscello announced that the strike has officially ended.

New York prison guards are expected to end their strike and return to work Monday after reaching an agreement with the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, the department said Saturday.

New York State is taking action against corrections officers who continue to strike at dozens of prisons instead of returning to work.

NYS DOCCS said the corrections officers' strike is now over, and more than 2,000 officers who did not return to work have been terminated.

According to the Governor’s office, the strike ended after four attempts to reach an agreement between DOCCS and NYSCOPBA, which addressed safety and compensation concerns.

NYS corrections officers who have been on a prison guard strike for two weeks could now lose their jobs and their health care.

The strike that paralyzed New York prisons for three weeks ended with most workers returning to their jobs and the state firing 2,000 who stayed out.

Well over 100 people packed the Erie County Courthouse, all waiting on Judge Dennis Ward for an update on New York State’s civil case against the corrections officers still on strike.

Martuscello III said Monday that the 22-day strike at prisons statewide is over, but that more than 2,000 correction officers who refused to return to work Monday will be fired. That leaves prisons short-staffed after the wildcat strike that erupted in part from concerns over short staffing that strikers said led to unsafe conditions for guards.