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Officer Jumped by Inmate at Sing Sing Correctional Facility
Victim Sustains Broken Foot in Attack Ossining, NY –An officer sustained a broken foot and other injuries after an inmate attacked him in the stairwell of the maximum-security correctional facility last Monday. At approximately 10:38 a.m., inmates were returning from...
Inmate on Inmate Violence Continues at Mohawk Correctional Facility
Drugs, Weapons Recovered by Staff, Visitor Arrested Rome, NY – As record violence continues in state correctional facilities, Mohawk Correctional Facility continues to be plagued with inmate on inmate violence, cuttings and drugs at the medium security prison. Towards...
Weapons Seized, Officers Assaulted, Visitors Arrested at Gouverneur Correctional Facility
Incidents Occurred in a One Month Period as Single Year Record for Assaults is Broken Gouverneur, NY – Assaults on staff and inmate on inmate assaults statewide set a single year record by the end of October, breaking last year’s record with two months left in the...
Officer Slashed and Cut by Inmate at Sing Sing Correctional Facility
Attack Occurred after Morning Meal Ossining , NY –An officer received 13 sutures after an inmate armed with two ceramic blades slashed and cut him during an attack that occurred after the morning meal at the maximum security correctional facility Wednesday. FULL...
Single Year Record of Assaults on Staff in New York State Prisons Broken Again
Latest State Data Reveals Assaults on Staff Exceeded 2023 by October Inmate on Inmate Assaults on Pace to Increase by 37 Percent Union Leadership Once Again Calls on Governor, State Legislature to Address Violence Albany, NY – The New York State Correctional Officers...
Violence Continues at Five Points Correctional Facility
Nine Officers Injured, One Sustains Broken Nose Romulus, NY – Nine officers were injured during seven incidents over a two and a half week period which included multiple assaults on staff by inmates who have served numerous prison stints at the maximum security...
Eleven Staff Sustain Smoke Inhalation at Five Points Correctional Facility
Inmate Intentionally Starts Fire in Cell, Sending One Sergeant and Ten Officers to Local Hospitals Romulus, NY – One sergeant and ten officers needed to be treated at local hospitals for smoke inhalation and other injuries when an inmate started a fire inside his cell...
Six Officers Injured During Inmate Attack at Five Points Correctional Facility
Latest Assault Follows Fifty Officers Injured in Five Month Period at the Hands of Inmates Romulus, NY – Three inmates injured six officers, sending two to a local hospital, when they charged staff during a pat frisk for contraband just outside the mess hall during...
Three Officers Injured at Five Points Correctional Facility
Inmate Scheduled to be Release Next Week Attacks Staff in Holding Pen Romulus, NY – A 23 year old inmate schedule to be released on October 5, attacked and injured three officers in a holding cell at the maximum security correctional facility on September 13....
Inmate on Inmate Fights Continue at Mohawk Correctional Facility
Drugs, Weapons Recovered by Staff Rome, NY – During the last week of August and first two weeks of September, five inmate on inmate fights occurred at the facility which resulted in two inmates needing treatment at a local hospital for their injuries at the medium...
Eight Officers Injured at Sing Sing Correctional Facility
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...
Eight Officers, Sergeant Injured at Auburn Correctional Facility
Female Sergeant Sustains Concussion, Fractured Elbow During Inmate Attack Auburn, NY –A female sergeant sustained a concussion and fractured elbow when an inmate came up from behind her and struck her in the back of the head causing her to fall forward, striking her...
Two Officers Injured at Five Points Correctional Facility
Officer Struck in Face with Padlock Romulus, NY – Two officers were injured when they entered an infirmary cell and were attacked by an inmate who was destroying property inside the cell at the maximum security correctional facility. On Thursday, August 22, an officer...
Public Officers Law Amended to Create Employee Notification to FOIL Requests
Governor Signs Bill Effective Immediately Albany, NY – A bill sponsored by Senator James Skoufis and Assemblywoman Marianne Buttenschon and fully supported by the members of NYSCOPBA to amend the Public Officers Law, was signed into law by Governor Hochul yesterday...
Officer Hurt, Visitor Arrested at Mohawk Correctional Facility
Inmate Violence Continues to Plague Prison Rome, NY – Inmate on inmate violence continues at a rapid rate at the medium security correctional facility and prisons across the state as a staggering number of assaults on inmates and staff continue at historical rates in...
Seven Officers, One Lieutenant Injured at Upstate Correctional Facility
Six Staff Treated at Local Hospital for Injuries, Blood Exposure Malone, NY – Seven officers and a lieutenant were injured after five inmates initially attacked one officer who attempted to give the inmates’ orders to perform their job duties and when they refused,...
NYSCOPBA President Calls on State to Make Changes to On-Going Recruitment Problems
Pay Increase and Improving Safety for Staff Instrumental In Increasing Recruitment Pool Albany , NY – In his response to Governor Hochul's statement on recruitment last week, Chris Summers, President of NYSCOPBA, emphasized that if New York State wanted to make...
NYSCOPBA Holds Rally to Denounce Great Meadow Closure
Family Members, NYSCOPBA Members and State, Federal and Local Officials Attend Event Fort Ann, NY – Today, a rally to save Great Meadow Correctional Facility organized by family members of officers assigned to the facility and community members was attended by...
Eight Officers Injured at Green Haven Correctional Facility
Two Officers Transported to Local Hospital for Treatment after Four Inmates Attack Staff Stormville, NY – Eight officers were injured at Green Haven Correctional Facility when four inmates attacked staff in an assault that lasted several minutes before officers were...
Five Officers, One Sergeant Injured at Green Haven Correctional Facility
Four Separate Attacks on Staff Occur at Prison Stormville, NY – Five officers and a sergeant were injured at the maximum security correctional facility in a series of inmate attacks in late June and early July. One officer and the sergeant needed to be treated at...
NYSCOPBA President Denounces Great Meadow and Sullivan Correctional Facility Closures
Citing Historic Levels of Violence and Decreased Staffing as Priorities, Not Additional Closures Albany, NY – President Chris Summers denounced DOCCS plan to close Great Meadow and Sullivan Correctional Facilities amidst record levels of violence and staffing...
Dozen Officers Injured at Mohawk Correctional Facility
Eight Separate Inmate Assaults Report between May and July Rome, NY – A dozen officers were injured at the medium security correctional facility as a result of eight inmate attacks on staff, sending two officers for treatment at local hospitals between May and the...
Violence Continues to Plague at Greene Correctional Facility
Two Officers Injured by Inmates, Multiple Weapons Recovered Inside Facility Coxsackie, NY – The month of June saw an escalation in violence at the medium security facility with two officers being injured by two inmates, multiple inmate on inmate fights that resulted...
Four Officers Injured at Green Haven Correctional Facility
One Officer Transported to Local Hospital for Treatment Stormville, NY – Four officers were injured at Green Haven Correctional Facility when a 37 year old inmate attacked one officer and injured three others who attempted to subdue him when he remained combative...
Officers, Sergeants Injured at Attica Correctional Facility
Inmate Assaults Occur Ten Minutes Apart Attica, NY – A sergeant and officer needed to be treated at two local hospitals for injuries sustained in two inmate attacks that occurred ten minutes apart outside the mess hall at the maximum security correctional facility...
Eight Officers Assaulted at Coxsackie Correctional Facility
Two Officers Bit, Breaking Skin, One Officer Cut with Weapon Coxsackie, NY – Eight officers were injured at Coxsackie Correctional Facility when two inmates attacked them in separate attacks at the maximum security correctional facility. The first incident occurred on...
Officers Cut at Mohawk Correctional Facility
Inmate Slashes Officer in the Forehead with Make-Shift Weapon Rome, NY – An officer was cut with a make-shift weapon by an inmate in the facilities vocational building after two officers were counseling the inmate and he pulled out the weapon and began slashing at the...
Two Officers Injured at Cayuga Correctional Facility
Inmate Assaults Officer in Stairwell Cayuga, NY – Two officers were injured when an inmate on his way back from programming to his cell attacked an officer in the stairwell of the medium security correctional facility. On Saturday June 1, the inmate was coming from...
Inmate Bites Tip of Officer’s Finger Off at Collins Correctional Facility
Inmate Attack is One of Three That Injured Nine Officers Last Week Collins, NY – An officer had part of his left ring finger bitten off by an inmate who violently fought with staff, injuring seven officers in the process at the medium security correctional facility...
Seven Officers Injured at Mid-State Correctional Facilities
Three Separate Inmate Attacks Injures Staff Marcy, NY – Three separate inmate attacks on staff injured seven officers at the medium security correctional facility, sending one officer to a local hospital for treatment of two lacerations after an inmate bit him twice....