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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....
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,...