A handful of protesters were all that remained in a strike encampment near the entrance of the road leading to Washington Correctional Facility on March 11, the day after state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Daniel F. Martuscello declared that the 22-day strike by corrections officers was over. The protesters who remained said they were not prepared to give up their fight for better working conditions, but most of those who had joined them returned to work the previous day after Martuscello said he would fire any who did not return. More than 2,000 people were let go, reducing the number of COs by roughly 25% since the strike began Feb. 17. Photo by EJ Conzola II, NYVT Media