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Several Inmate Fights Erupt in Recreation Yard at Clinton Correctional Facility
Dannemora, NY – Days after two officers sustained lacerations in an inmate attack, multiple fights occurred in the recreation yard at the maximum security correctional facility that resulted in two inmates sustaining multiple lacerations from make-shift weapons. Full...
Multiple Officers Injured at Greene Correctional Facility
Coxsackie, NY – A female officer was injured at Greene Correctional Facility last week when an inmate, apparently under the influence of drugs, attacked her in one of the dorm bathrooms of the medium security correctional facility. Full Press Release
Officer Slashed at Clinton Correctional Facility
Dannemora, NY – Two officers sustained lacerations at the maximum security correctional facility after an inmate slashed one officer across the face with a bent metal nail and bit the second officer who was searching him for contraband. Full Press Release
Officer Injured at Coxsackie Correctional Facility
Inmate Attacks Officer Inside Cell Coxsackie, NY – An officer was injured after an inmate suddenly attacked him and struck him several times in the head while inside the inmate’s cell at the maximum security correctional facility yesterday. At approximately 11:38...
Two Officers Injured by Inmate at Elmira Correctional Facility
Elmira, NY – Two officer’s sustained minor injuries after they were attacked by an inmate inside his cell after they entered the cell to check on his well-being at the maximum security facility. Full Press Release
Officer Injured at Shawangunk Correctional Facility
Walkill, NY – An officer was injured after an inmate suddenly attacked him and struck him several times in the head while the officer was conducting a search of the inmate’s cell at the maximum security correctional facility. Full Press Release
Officers Viciously Attacked by Inmates at Elmira Correctional Facility
Officer Stabbed in Arm in One Attack Elmira, NY – One officer sustained a puncture wound after being stabbed by an inmate armed with a makeshift weapon and a second officer sustained a fractured elbow after being attacked near the mess hall at the maximum security...
Violent Attack by Inmate Injuries Six Officers at Elmira Correctional
Elmira , NY – An inmate attacked and injured six officers after exiting his cell and ignoring staff orders at the maximum security facility this past weekend. Full Press Release.
Violent Assault by an Inmate Injuries Seven Officers at Fishkill Correctional
Fishkill, NY – An inmate previously convicted of assault erupts in a violent rage injuring 7 officers, sending 4 to the hospital, during an incident at the medium security facility. Full Press Release
Violence Assaults and Contraband Trouble Attica Correctional Facility
More Incidents of Violence and Seized Contraband Following Last Week’s Stabbing of an Officer October 15, 2021 Attica, NY – On the heels of an inmate viciously stabbing an officer in the chest during an unprovoked attack, more incidents of violence and contraband are...
Unsettling Incidents Reported at Southport Correctional Facility
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
Nine Officers Assaulted By Inmates During Separate Incidents
Violent, Unprovoked Attacks on Officers Continue to Plague NYS Correctional Facilities Coxsackie, NY – Multiple officers are injured during three separate unprovoked, violent attacks by inmates inside two Hudson Valley-area medium-security facilities. The first...
Officer Stabbed Multiple Times at Attica Correctional Facility
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...
Officer Injured at Downstate Correctional Facility
Fishkill, NY – An officer was injured after an inmate suddenly attacked him and struck him several times to the back of the head and neck at the maximum security correctional facility. Full Press Release
Inmate Fights Occur at Coxsackie Correctional Facility
Coxsackie, NY – Five officers were injured at the maximum security facility attempting to stop two groups of inmates who began fighting inside the mess hall Tuesday morning. Full Press Release
Officers Injured in Inmate Assaults at Mid-State Correctional Facility
Marcy, NY – Two officers were treated at St. Luke’s Hospital after being attacked by two inmates in separate attacks at the medium security correctional facility earlier this month. Full Press Release
Multiple Officers Injured at Gouverneur Correctional Facility
Gouverneur, NY – Four officers were injured in two separate attacks at the medium security correctional facility as staff conducted routine frisks of inmates for contraband. Full Press Release
Inmate Attacks, Injures Officers at Greene Correctional Facility
Cellphone Also Recovered in Separate Incident Coxsackie, NY – Three officers were injured after an inmate, who originally was being frisked for smoking in the bathroom, attacked them at the medium security correctional facility. On Tuesday, September 21, an officer...
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Two Officers Injured, Drugs, Weapons Seized at Mohawk Correctional Facility
Rome, NY – Two officers were injured by an inmate after he attempted to attack one of the officers who went to frisk him for drugs at the medium security facility. Full Press Release
Officer Injured at Walkill Correctional Facility
Walkill, NY – A 35 year old inmate convicted of shooting a three year old in the Bronx in 2013, attacked and injured an officer at the medium security correctional facility on Monday. Full Press Release
Multiple Officers Injured at Gouverneur Correctional Facility
Three Officers Treated at Local Hospital After Inmate Attack Gouverneur, NY – Three officers were injured and needed outside medical care at a local hospital after an inmate attempted to get out of his handcuffs and punched and attacked staff at the medium security...
More Drugs Seized, Officers Injured at Marcy Correctional Facility
Marcy, NY – Three officers were injured at the medium security correctional facility after an inmate attacked and punched an officer who confronted him after he exposed himself to a female officer. Full Press Release.
Multiple Officers Injured at Wende Correctional Facility
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
More Drugs Seized at Mid-State Correctional Facility
Staff Recover Mail Saturated in Suspected Drugs Marcy, NY – Four pieces of inmate mail were seized after officers discovered sheets of paper and postcards that were saturated with unknown drugs at the medium security correctional facility. On, Wednesday, August 18,...
Inmate Attacks Officers, Inmates, at Cape Vincent Correctional Facility
Cape Vincent, NY – A 32 year old inmate suspected to be high on drugs, attacked an inmate and injured four officers who attempted to stop the attack at the medium security correctional facility. Full Press Release
Officers Injured in Inmate Assault at Marcy Correctional Facility
Staff Recover Mail Saturated in Suspected Drugs in Ten Inmate Correspondence in One Day at Mid-State Correctional Facility Marcy, NY – Four officers and two sergeants were injured by an inmate suspected to be intoxicated on drugs at Marcy Correctional Facility. The...
NYSCOPBA Officials Point to Water down Discipline as Root of Escalating Violence
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...
Drugs Seized, Officer Injured at Marcy Correctional Facility
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...
Officer Viciously Attacked at Auburn Correctional Facility
Victim Cut Across Face, Receives 30 Stitches to Close Wound Auburn, NY – A 14 year veteran correction officer was viciously attacked and cut by an inmate at the maximum security facility on Sunday, causing the facility to be locked down after the assault. The inmate,...