by Stephanie Flanagan | Oct 12, 2021 | News from the Field, Public Relations, Western Region
Inmate Previously Convicted of Murder Used Sharpened Metal Tube During Unprovoked Attack Attica, NY – An officer was repeatedly stabbed in the upper chest with a sharpened knife-like weapon by an incarcerated individual who was previously convicted of murder. On the...
by khebert | Sep 9, 2021 | News from the Field, Public Relations, Western Region
Alden, NY – Seven officers were injured, three who needed outside hospital care, after two unruly inmates fought with staff at the maximum security correctional facility. Full Press Release
by khebert | Aug 20, 2021 | News from the Field, Public Relations, Western Region
Auburn, NY – Today, members of NYSCOPBA held a press conference outside of Auburn Correctional Facility to call on State Legislators and the incoming administration to suspend the implementation of the recently passed HALT legislation until a comprehensive study can...
by khebert | Aug 19, 2021 | News from the Field, Public Relations, Western Region
Marcy, NY – Just days after Assemblyman Mark Walczyk renewed calls for DOCCS to re-install the Secure Vendor Program in correctional facilities across the state, staff at Marcy Correctional Facility seized cocaine, Fentanyl, Suboxone, Oxycodone and synthetic...
by Stephanie Flanagan | Aug 11, 2021 | News from the Field, Public Home, Public Relations, Western Region
Victim Cut Across Face, Receives 30 Stitches to Close Wound Auburn, NY – A 14 year veteran correction officer was viciously attacked and cut by an inmate at the maximum security facility on Sunday, causing the facility to be locked down after the assault. The inmate,...