by khebert | Oct 14, 2021 | News from the Field, Public Relations, Western Region
Pine City, NY – Inmates hurled feces, urine and spit at unsuspecting officers and a civilian employee, for no reason at all, totaling 5 reported incidents over a four-day stretch inside the maximum security facility. Full Press Release
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...
