Violent, Unprovoked Attacks on Officers Continue to Plague NYS Correctional Facilities
Coxsackie, NY – Multiple officers are injured during three separate unprovoked, violent attacks by inmates inside two Hudson Valley-area medium-security facilities.
The first incident occurred on the evening of September 25th at Greene Correctional Facility, where an officer observed an inmate acting erratically. Sensing something amiss, the officer immediately phoned for backup and the responding officer approached the inmate, who had already raised his hands in an aggressive manor. FULL PRESS RELEASE