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Three Separate Inmate Attacks Occur at Facility

Ossining, NY –Eight officers were injured by three inmates during three separate attacks that occurred at the maximum security correctional facility this week.

On Sunday, September 15, a female officer was monitoring inmates returning to their cells from the mess hall. She observed one inmate, loitering outside his cell and ordered him into the cell. The inmate refused and approached the officer in an aggressive manner. The officer attempted to grab her OC spray and the inmate slapped her hand away from it.  FULL PRESS RELEASE