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Multiple Officers Injured, Hospitalized, After Attacks at Upstate and Great Meadow Correctional Facilities
Malone, NY – Nine officers needed to be treated at upstate hospitals after a series of attacks and fights last week at two maximum security correctional facilities left officers with a variety of injuries, including a concussion, broken ribs and dislocated shoulder....
NYSCOPBA Braces for Increased Violence as HALT is Fully Implemented in NYS Prisons this Week
Albany, NY – The New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association, Inc. (NYSCOPBA) calls on New York to pause the full implementation of the Humane Alternatives for Long Term (HALT) Solitary Confinement Act. New York State had set a target date...
Officers Injured, Weapons, Cell Phone, Seized at Green Haven Correctional Facility
Stormville , NY – Five officers were injured at Green Haven Correctional Facility last week after a fight broke out between two inmates and escalated into multiple inmates at the maximum security prison. Full Press Release
Staff Injured at Marcy Correctional Facility
Three Officers Injured, Make-Shift Weapons Recovered Marcy, NY – Three officers were injured in two separate inmate attacks and several make-shift weapons were recovered during frisks at Marcy Correctional Facility this month. The first attack occurred on Thursday,...
Officers Injured at Green Haven Correctional Facility
One Officer Sent to Vassar Brothers Medical Center With Injuries Stormville, NY – One officer was sent to Vassar Brothers Medical Center for injuries sustained after an inmate ran out of his open cell and attacked the officer in the cell block. Five other officers...
Officers Injured at Otisville Correctional Facility
Otisville , NY – Several staff were injured at Otisville Correctional Facility when an inmate attacked officers who attempted to stop him from flushing contraband down the toilet at the medium security facility on Monday. Full Press Release
Multiple Officers Injured, Inmate Stabbed at Clinton Correctional Facility
Dannemora, NY – As the State imminently readies to install HALT legislation to state correctional facilities, inmate violence continues to occur daily, injuring staff along the way. Full Press Release
Two Officers Injured at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center
Patient Charged With Assault After Attacking Staff with Shank Queens, NY – Two Safety & Security Officers were injured when a patient, armed with a make-shift weapon, attacked staff at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center. The incident occurred on Monday, February 21st at...
Inmate Attacks Officers at Collins Correctional Facility
Collins, NY – A male correction officer sustained a broken jaw and other serious injuries after an inmate violently beat and choked him into unconsciousness at the medium security correctional facility last week. Full Press Release
Officers Have Urine Thrown on Them at Attica Correctional Facility
Three Officers Sustain Exposure after Two Inmates Throw Urine on Them Attica, NY – Three correction officers were treated for exposure after two inmates threw what appeared to be urine on them in two different incidents last week at the maximum security correction...
Multiple Officers Injured at Greene Correctional Facility
Two Inmates Charge Sergeant, Officers from Cell Coxsackie, NY – A sergeant and six officers were injured after two inmates in a Special Housing Unit cell charged them after their cell door was opened at the medium security correctional facility. The incident unfolded...
Move Violence Occurs at Elmira Correctional Facility
Elmira, NY – A sergeant and two officers were injured at Elmira Correctional Facility after an inmate charged the sergeant and struck him in the face after he refused orders to lock into his cell last week at the maximum security prison. Full Press Release
Inmates Attack Staff at Washington Correctional Facility
Sergeant Attacked on Transportation Bus Comstock, NY – A sergeant and officer at Washington Correctional Facility were injured last week when unruly inmates on a transportation bus attacked them at the facility. The attack occurred on Tuesday, February 2. An inmate...
More Attacks on Staff at Mid-State Correctional Facility
Inmate Injures Two Officers, Nurse in Separate Attacks Marcy, NY – Two officers and a male nurse were injured in two separate attacks at the medium security correctional facility the past two weeks. The first assault occurred on Saturday, January 22. The RN and...
Female Officer Sexually Assaulted by Inmate at Attica Correctional Facility
Attica, NY – A 38 year old inmate, who is serving a 19 year sentence for robbery, grabbed a female officer several times in the groin area and fought with officers who attempted to stop him at the maximum security correctional facility yesterday. Full Press Release
Multiple Officers Injured at Five Points Correctional Facility
Romulus , NY – Eight unruly and violent inmates attacked seven officers and a sergeant in the mess hall of Five Points Correctional Facility sending three officers and the sergeant to local hospitals and injuring three other officers at the maximum security prison...
Officers Injured at Greene Correctional Facility
Coxsackie, NY – Three officers were treated and released at Albany Medical Center after sustaining injuries at the medium security correctional facility when two inmates attacked them near the reception area. Full Press Release
Drugs Seized at Wyoming Correctional Facility
Attica, NY – Two drug seizures at Wyoming Correctional Facility has renewed calls from NYSCOPBA to re-install the Secure Vendor Program to combat contraband from making its way into hands of inmates in facilities statewide. Full Press Release
Multiple Officers Injured at Attica Correctional Facility
Attica , NY – A 36 year old inmate, who was already being housed in a Special Housing Unit for disciplinary measures, set his mattress and other personal items on fire inside his cell and fought with officers who attempted to extract him from the cell and extinguish...
Two Officers Injured at Upstate Correctional Facility
Malone, NY – A 21 year old inmate, already placed in a Special Housing Unit for disciplinary measures, attacked two officers who attempted to frisk him for contraband after an inmate visit at the maximum security correctional facility last week. Full Press Release
Officers Injured at Wallkill Correctional Facility
Staff Recover Contraband, Including Cell Phone Wallkill, NY – Several staff were injured during two incidents at the medium security prison last week and a cell phone, two cell phone chargers and drugs were recovered as a result of a search of inmate cells. The first...
Officers Injured During Inmate Attack at Mohawk Correctional Facility
Rome, NY – Four officers were injured at the medium security correctional facility when an inmate, believed to be high on an intoxicant, attacked one officer in the officer’s station in a housing dorm and injured three other officers who came to his aid. Full Press...
Multiple Officers Injured by Inmate at Elmira Correctional Facility
Elmira, NY – The New Year brought about more violence against staff at state correctional facilities as five officers and a sergeant were injured by an inmate who attacked them at the maximum security correctional facility yesterday. Full Press Release.
NYSCOPBA Mid-Hudson Region Members Donate $10,000 to Local Charity
Hudson Valley Charity Provides Meals to Families Dealing with Cancer Wappingers Falls, NY – NYSCOPBA Mid-Hudson Region Vice President Chris Moreau this morning delivered a $10,000 donation to Sparrow’s Nest, a Hudson Valley charity that cooks and delivers homemade...
Multiple Officers Injured at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility
Bedford Hills, NY – A female inmate attacked several officers at the maximum security correctional facility for women when she faked a suicide attempt and attacked the officers who came to her aid. Full Press Release
Multiple Officers Injured at Gouverneur Correctional Facility
Historic Year of Violence Continues Against Staff Gouverneur, NY – In a year in which assaults on staff reached record levels since DOCCS began compiling assault statistics, four more officers were injured in one of the dorms at the medium security correctional...
Inmate Attacks Staff at Great Meadow Correctional Facility
Comstock, NY – An inmate became aggressive and attacked several officers after he refused staff orders to lock in his cell at the maximum security correctional facility. Full Press Release
Two Officers Injured at Wende Correctional Facility
Convicted Murderer Attacks Staff Alden, NY – Two officers were injured, one sustaining several lacerations, when they were attacked by an inmate serving a 46 years to life sentence for a double homicide in 2014. The attack occurred on Monday, December 6, at...
Inmate Attempts to Stab Officer at Great Meadow Correctional
Comstock, NY – An inmate attacked several officers in the recreation yard and attempted to stab one officer with a wooden make-shift weapon at the maximum security correctional facility last week. Full Press Release.
Another Attack on Staff at Mid-State Correctional Facility
Inmate Injures Three Officers Marcy, NY – A day after a female officer was savagely attacked at Mid-State Correctional Facility, three more officers were injured after an inmate attacked them at the medium security correctional facility last week. On Friday, November...