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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...
Inmate Attacks Officers at Mid-State Correctional Facility
Female Officer Sustains Multiple Injuries Marcy, NY – A female corrections officer sustained a broken nose and lacerations after an inmate violently attacked her at the medium security correctional facility yesterday. The attack occurred on Thursday, November 18 at...
Female Supervisor Injured at Coxsackie Correctional Facility
Coxsackie, NY – A female sergeant at Coxsackie Correctional Facility sustained hand, wrist, arm and shoulder injuries when an inmate became violent and picked up a chair and threw it at her while she was conducting an interview. Full Press Release
Multiple Officers Injured at Sullivan Correctional Facility
Fallsburg, NY – Three more attacks occurred last week at Sullivan Correction Facility injuring 10 officers and adding to the staggering number of assaults on staff in 2021. Full Press Release
Inmate Attacks Officer at Mid-State Correctional Facility
Marcy, NY – Two officers were injured at Mid-State Correctional Facility after an inmate attacked one officer who was conducting a routine frisk for contraband at the medium security correctional facility. Full Press Release
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...
Temporary Suppory Staff Posting (Mid-Hudson) 2021
Employment Vacancy for the Business Agent in the Mid-Hudson Region.
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