New York State’s corrections department is struggling to keep striking officers on the job, as it grapples with the fallout from two high-profile inmate deaths and reports of violence at the hands of its own workers.

Fifteen prison staffers have been placed on leave following the death of a man incarcerated in New York state. Gov.

The New York State Department of Corrections said the 22-year-old prisoner was housed at Mid-State Correctional Facility and died Saturday.