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Unrest Continues at Elmira Correctional Facility
OC Spray Needed to Quell Several Fights, Cuttings Occur and Makeshift Weapons Found Elmira, NY – Weeks after two cell blocks were temporarily locked down at Elmira Correctional Facility following a series of fights, the unrest and fighting at the facility continues....
Makeshift Handcuff Keys Discovered During Search at Marcy CF
Marcy NY – Correctional Officers at Marcy Correction Facility have discovered several makeshift handcuff keys fabricated from headphone jacks that were capable of opening up wrist and leg restraints at the medium security correctional facility. Press Release
Officers Seize Drugs at Riverview Correctional Facility
Synthetic Marijuana Discovered in Mailed Package Ogdensburg, NY – Officers at Riverview Correctional Facility discovered Synthetic Marijuana (K2) concealed inside of a head of cabbage in a package mailed to an inmate last week. The officers at the medium security...
Visitors Arrested at Mid-State Correctional Facility
For Immediate Release February 13, 2018 Marcy, NY – Three women were arrested at Mid-State Correctional Facility, accused of attempting to smuggle drugs into the medium security prison during inmate visits. Full Release
Officers Seize Drugs at Auburns Correctional Facility
Auburn, NY – Officers at Auburn Correctional Facility discovered heroin and synthetic marijuana in two packages mailed to an inmate last week. Full Press Release
Cell Blocks Locked Down After Several Fights at Elmira Correctional Facility
OC Spray Needed to Quell Several Fights, Makeshift Weapons Found During Searches Elmira, NY – Two cell blocks were temporarily locked down at Elmira Correctional Facility following a series of fights involving inmates. The fights occurred over a five day period last...
NYSCOPBA Renews Call For Measures that Protect Correctional Staff as Contraband Seizures Hit Record Highs
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association, Inc. (NYSCOPBA) today renewed its call for urgent measures to more effectively regulate packages and materials brought into state correctional facilities. Full Release
Visitor Arrested with Contraband at Mid-State Correctional Facility
K9 and Handler Locate Synthetic Marijuana on Downstate Woman Marcy, NY – A Downstate woman was arrested for drug possession at Mid-State Correctional Facility after a K-9 officer’s dog alerted to drugs in her possession. The woman was visiting a friend who is an...
Contraband Seized, Officer Assaulted at Orleans Correctional Facility
Officers Find Synthetic Marijuana, Homemade Pills and Screwdriver in Package Albion, NY – On January 19, 2018, a package delivered to Orleans Correctional Facility contained illegal drugs and a screwdriver. Based on information obtained in an investigation,...
NYSCOPBA Responds to Governor’s Action on Prisons
Earlier this month, Spectrum News reported on a pilot program being implemented at some state prisons. The rules would no longer allow families of inmates to send packages of care items into the prisons. Full Article
NYSCOPBA Response – Governor Cuomo’s Directive to Rescind Secure Vendor Pilot Program
STATEMENT FROM NYSCOPBA ON GOVERNOR CUOMO’S DIRECTIVE TO NYS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS & COMMUNITY SUPERVISION TO RESCIND SECURE VENDOR PILOT PROGRAM Albany, NY - “NYSCOPBA is disappointed in the Governor’s decision today to direct DOCCS to suspend the secure...
Officer Injured at Groveland Correctional Facility
Attacked by Two Inmates During Routine Search SONYEA, N.Y. – A corrections officer at Groveland Correctional Facility was attacked and injured by two inmates on Saturday, December 23, 2017, while conducting a routine search of an inmate’s dorm cubicle. Full Press...
Officer Injured in Attack at Clinton Correctional Facility
Female Officer Sustains Fractured Nose During Assault DANNEMORA, NY – A female corrections officer sustained a broken nose and multiple abrasions after she was assaulted by an inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility yesterday morning in the library. The incident took...
NYSCOPBA Members Donate Bicycles to Local Charity
Donation by Clinton Correctional Facility Officers will go to Low- Income Families for Christmas Dannemora, NY – NYSCOPBA Members from Clinton Correctional Facility donated 75 bicycles to the Clinton County Christmas Bureau that will go to low-income families in...
NYSCOPBA SECURES CRUCIAL BENEFIT FOR ITS COMBAT VETERAN MEMBERS
Recognizing the need to protect some of its most deserving and yet vulnerable members — those who have served our nation in the military and have experienced the stresses of combat —NYSCOPBA sought the enactment of legislation that would provide additional paid leave...
Multiple Officers Injured in Attack at Coxsackie Correctional Facility
Two Officers Transported to Albany Medical Center with Injuries Coxsackie, NY – An inmate serving four years for weapons possession and attempted robbery attacked several officers on Sunday, November 5, 2017, at the maximum security prison. Full Press...
Six Officers Injured at Five Points Correctional Facility
Injured Officers Treated at Cayuga Medical Center Romulus , NY – Six officers were injured after several inmates became violent and disruptive inside a cell block at the maximum security prison last Friday. Full Press Release
Officers Perform CPR on Woman In Cardiac Arrest
Medical Emergency Occurs at High School Football Game Ogdensburg, NY – Two off-duty correction officers quickly responded to a woman showing signs of cardiac arrest during a local high school football game. Press Release
Off Duty Officer Captures Armed Suspect
Gun Incident Inside Local Barber Shop Leads to Arrest Beacon, NY – An off-duty correction officer caught an armed suspect who threatened employees of a local barbershop. Full Press Release
Charges Dropped Against Former NYSCOPBA Member and New York State Employee
Oneida County Grand Jury Refuses To Indict Defendant Marcy, NY – A former NYSCOPBA member and New York State Office of Mental Health Employee, who was charged with three felonies by the State Inspector General’s Office last May, was cleared of her charges after the...
Dog Attacks Female Inmate at Albion Correctional Facility
New Program Introduced For Shelter Dogs Albion , NY – A breed of pit bull terrier attacked another dog and a female inmate at the medium security correctional facility leaving the inmate with a laceration to her hand and a correction officer exposed to blood. Full...
Officer Injured in Inmate Assault at Riverview Correctional Facility
Inmate Head Butts Officer During Frisk Ogdensburg , NY – An inmate serving a three year sentence at Riverview Correctional Facility injured an officer when he head-butted him when the officer went to frisk him. Full Press Release
Creedmoor Safety Department Recognized by OMH
Albany, NY – The Safety Department at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center was recognized by the New York State Office of Mental Health as “Department of the Year” by the Deputy Director of Administrative Services. Press Release
Safety Officer Injured By Parolee
Officer Sustains Injured Knee and Chest Bohemia, NY – A Institutional Safety Officer was injured when a parolee ran out of a parole office and fought with the officer and a parole officer when they attempted to get him in handcuffs. Full Release
Collins Correctional officers calling for changes after overdoses
Collins Correctional officers calling for changes after overdoses COLLINS, N.Y. -- NYSCOPBA Western Region Vice President Joe Miano has been a correctional officer for more than 30 years. He says he's never seen anything like what happened at Collins Correctional...
NYSCOPBA Partners With Vested Interest in K9s
NYS Department of Corrections & Community Supervision K9’s Ryder, Rocky, Rodger, & BoBo to Get Body Armor Albany, NY – New York State Department of Corrections & Community Supervision K9’s Ryder, Rocky, Rodger, & BoBo will receive bullet and stab...
Visitor Arrested With Contraband at Clinton CF
K-9 Dog Hits on Woman With Drugs Dannemora, NY – A downstate woman was arrested by the New York State Police for having drugs in her waistband in the visitors’ room of the maximum security prison. Press Release
Three Officers Injured at Willard Drug Treatment Campus
Inmate Elbows, Fights With Officers Willard, NY - Three officers sustained injuries at the Willard Drug Treatment Campus while trying to restrain an irate and unruly inmate on Wednesday, July 12, at 8:05 A.M. Press Release
Two Large Inmate Fights Occur at Elmira Correctional Facility
Make Shift Weapons Recovered in the Investigation Elmira, NY - Two inmate fights occurred within days of each other that involved make-shift weapons and each needed pepper spray deployed to quell the fights. Press Release
Inmates Involved in Fight Outside Mess Hall
Officers Recover Two Makeshift Weapons Used in Fight Dannemora, NY - Three inmates at Clinton Correctional Facility sustained head and facial lacerations apparently from sharpened toothbrushes after being involved in a two on two fight last Tuesday afternoon at the...