A wildcat strike by New York correction officers entered in its fifth day Friday, after Gov. Kathy Hochul deployed National Guard troops to 40 state prisons.

Correctional officers complain of unsafe conditions, but critics say the protests were meant to deflect attention from ‘a moment of reckoning.’

Corrections officers at DOCCS facilities across New York state are on strike. The National Guard has been activated and deployed to a number of prisons.