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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....
Multiple Officers Injured at Five Points Correctional Facility
Staff Sustain Smoke Inhalation in One Incident at Facility Romulus, NY – Two sergeants and thirteen officers sustained injuries at the hands of two inmates in separate attacks the maximum security correctional facility, including ten staff who needed to be treated for...
Four Inmates Slashed at Elmira Correctional Facility
Four Individual Fights at Facility Occur In Three Days, One Inmate Airlifted to Hospital Elmira, NY – Four inmates were slashed by other inmates armed with make-shift weapons, including one inmate who sustained several deep lacerations and multiple puncture wounds at...
Inmate High on Drugs Injures Officers at Green Haven Correctional Facility
Six Officers, Supervisor Hurt Subduing Inmate who was doing Headfirst Flips onto Concrete Floor Stormville , NY – An inmate, who is serving his third stint in state prison, injured staff when he attacked one officer inside his cell and injured several others who...
Assaults, Drugs, Weapons at Gouverneur Correctional Facility
HAZMAT Team Called into Facility When Officer is Overcome by Unknown Substance Gouverneur, NY – An officer needed to be treated at a local hospital after experiencing severe nausea, dizziness and disorientation after he came into contact with unknown drugs hidden in...
Inmate Damages Classroom, Exposes Officers to Blood Coxsackie Correctional Facility
Incident Occurred Inside Mental Health Program Coxsackie , NY – A convicted rapist, serving a 50 years to life sentence at the maximum security correctional facility, fought with staff after he became disruptive in his afternoon program in the Residential Mental...
Officers Injured at Green Haven Correctional Facility
Inmate Attacks Staff in Recreation Yard as Large Group of Inmates Attempt to Interfere with Officers Stormville, NY – Four officers were injured when they confronted an inmate in the recreation yard after he had attacked another inmate and he began to kick and punch...
Ten Officers Injured After Being Attacked by Inmate
Initial Assault Occurs at Lakeview Correctional Facility, Officers Injured Transporting Inmate to Attica Brocton, NY – Ten officers were injured at Lakeview and Attica Correctional Facilities when a 23 year old inmate attacked staff initially at Lakeview and then...
Multiple Officers, Social Worker Injured at Wende Correctional Facility
Inmate Attempted to Sexually Attack Social Worker Alden, NY – A 30 year old inmate serving a 15 year sentence, exposed himself and attempted to sexually assault a social worker who was counseling him at the maximum security correctional facility. On Wednesday, May 1,...
NYSCOPBA Calls for Changes to HALT Act Amid Historic Levels of Violence
Overall Violence in Prison Continues to Surge in 2nd Year of HALT Act Union Renews Call to Improve Safety into New York’s Prisons and County Jails by Amending the HALT Act Albany, NY – A year after the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent...
Six Officers, Sergeant Injured After Attacks at Elmira Correctional Facility
Four Officers and Sergeant Treated at Local Hospital for Injuries Elmira, NY – An inmate serving a 16 year sentence for attempted murder and who served a previous sentence for weapons possession in 2016, attacked and injured six officers and a sergeant after they...
Five Officers Injured at Sullivan Correctional Facility
Four Officers Transported to Local Hospital for Further Treatment Fallsburgh, NY – A 26 year old inmate, serving his second stint in state prison, attacked and injured five officers at the maximum security correctional facility at the end of April. On Tuesday, April,...
10 Officers, One Sergeants Injured at Five Points Correctional Facility
One Officer Cut by Inmate with Razor During Multiple Incidents at Facility During Cell Search, Staff Recover Two Handmade Dummies Under Inmate’s Bunk Romulus, NY – Violence continues to surge at Five Points Correctional Facility after ten officers and one sergeant...
Multiple Incidents Occur in April at Gouverneur Correctional Facility
Gouverneur, NY – The month of April at Gouverneur Correctional Facility was filled with inmate violence and had staff on high alert as several officers needed to be treated at a local hospital after being attacked by inmates and staff recovered several make-shift...
Inmate Attacks, Stabs Officer at Clinton Correctional Facility
Dannemora , NY – A convicted murderer stabbed an officer twice, once in the shoulder and once in the face, with a makeshift weapon at the maximum security correctional facility last Sunday. Full Press Release
Two Inmate Attacks Occur at Orleans Correctional Facility
Albion, NY – Two inmates who are eligible for release and parole in the next year, attacked staff at the medium security correctional facility, injuring four officers in two separate attacks this month. Full Press Release
NYSCOPBA Applauds Sentence, Conviction of Two Inmates in Staff Attacks
Albany , NY – Union officials are praising the recent sentence and conviction of two inmates in two separate attacks on staff at Upstate and Clinton Correctional Facility in 2022 and 2023. Full Press Release
Three Officers, Sergeant Injured After Attacks at Elmira Correctional Facility
Elmira, NY – Three officers and a sergeant were injured when an inmate attacked them after staff broke up an inmate on inmate fight in the stairway of the maximum security correctional facility. Full Press Release
Eleven Officers, Two Sergeants Injured at Five Points Correctional Facility
Romulus, NY – After eleven officers were injured last month at the maximum security correctional facility, thirteen more staff were reported injured in five separate incidents in March and early April. Full Press Release
Four Officers Injured at Cayuga Correctional Facility
Three Officers Sustain Significant Blood Exposure From Inmate Cayuga, NY – A thirty six year old inmate serving a 20 year sentence for manslaughter covered up his cell window forcing staff to enter the cell to check on his well-being and when they did, the inmate...
Dozen Officers Injured at Five Points Correctional Facility
Romulus, NY – Eleven officers and a sergeant were injured at the maximum security correctional facility in four separate inmate attacks in the past month. Full Press Release
Large Inmate Fight Occurs at Coxsackie Correctional Facility
Melee Occurs in Recreation Yard, Dozen Officers Injured Responding to the Incident Coxsackie, NY – A dozen officers sustained injuries attempting to stop a large inmate fight that lasted several minutes in the recreation yard of the maximum security correctional...
Inmate Breaks Officer’s Fingers, Fractures Hand at Upstate Correctional Facility
Assault Occurred as Staff Attempted to Break Up Inmate Fight Malone, NY – A female officer had two of her fingers fractured and her hand fractured when an inmate grabbed her hand and fingers and violently twisted it as staff attempted to subdue the inmate during an...
Drugs, Weapons Recovered at Wyoming Correctional Facility
Staff Conduct Dorm Searches at Facility Attica, NY – Staff at Wyoming Correctional Facility conducted several dorm searches for contraband at the medium security prison last week and recovered four make-shift weapons and two unknown drugs. During the search, one staff...
Inmate Injures Eight Officers at Albion Correctional Facility
Albion, NY – Two weeks after four officers were injured by a female inmate at the medium security correctional facility, eight officers were injured yesterday by an inmate who repeatedly attacked them as they attempted to escort the inmate to the infirmary. Six...