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Orleans Golf Tournament Raises Over $10,000 for American Heart Association
Darien, NY – The Fifth Annual Orleans Golf Tournament was held on Monday, July 17, at Chestnut Hill Country Club to benefit the American Heart Association as well as honor the memory of an officer from Orleans Correctional Facility who passed away in November. ...
NYSCOPBA Donates $13,000 to Ronald McDonald House
Money Raised Through North Region Golf Tournament The 10th Annual Northern Region Golf Tournament raised $13,000 for the Ronald McDonald House located in Albany in a charity golf tournament held at Cronin’s Golf Course in Warrensburg at the end of May. The two day...
Tedisco Brings Senate Corrections Chair Gallivan to Tour Hale Creek
State Senators meet with corrections officers and view conditions at medium security state prison in Johnstown. Press release
Officer Sustains Concussion During Inmate Attack
Assault Occurs at Erie County Medical Center Attica, NY - A corrections officer sustained a concussion when an inmate, who was being treated at Erie County Medical Center, got out of his restraints, grabbed a wall monitor in the hospital room and struck the officer...
Officer Sustains Fractured Jaw During Inmate Attack
Multiple Officers Hurt in Assault at Auburn Correctional Facility Auburn, NY - A 28 year old inmate punched an officer in the face, temporarily knocking him unconscious and fracturing the left side of his jaw during an assault at Auburn Correctional Facility last...
NYSCOPBA Donates $15,000 To Reward Fund In Georgia Correction Officer Murders
Fund Reaches $130,000 for the Capture of Escape Convicts Albany , NY - NYSCOPBA, which represents 20,000 active correction officers and sergeants employed in the New York State Department of Corrections & Community Supervision (DOCCS), today added $15,000 to the...
Inmate Attacks, Injures Four Correction Officers
Two officer Sustain Concussion, One Hospitalized After Attack Stormville, NY - A 33 year old inmate violently attacked and injured four officers at Green Haven Correctional Facility last week leaving one officer hospitalized at Vassar Hospital. Press Release
Officers Injured at Orleans & Wende Correctional Facilities
Illegal Drugs Suspected in Three of the Attacks Albion, NY - Eight correction officers were injured in four separate incidents at Orleans and Wende Correctional Facilities in which at least three appear connected to inmates using illegal drugs. Press Release
NYSCOPBA Members Hold Rally at State Capitol
Members Demand More Staffing and Resources As Assaults on Staff Continue to Rise Albany, NY - Over 400 NYSCOPBA members held a rally in West Capitol Park this afternoon in a display of strength and unity and to demand respect from the Governor’s Office...
Upstate Restaurant to Honor Correction Officers
Day of Recognition is in Association with The Border Radio Station’s “Thoughtful Thursdays” Watertown , NY - CiCi’s Restaurant, in conjunction with Border Radio Station’s “Thoughtful Thursdays”, is recognizing state Correction Officers today at two locations in...
Officers Injured at Fishkill and Green Haven Correctional Facilities
Two Inmates Assault Officers in Separate Attacks Stormville, NY - Four officers were treated at local hospitals for injuries sustained in two separate attacks at Fishkill and Green Haven Correctional Facilities last week. Press Release
Two Downstate Women Arrested at Visitor’s Process Building
Visitors Arrested Attempting to Bring Drugs Into Prison Dansville , NY - Two downstate women were arrested at the visitor’s process building that serves both Livingston and Groveland Correctional Facilities attempting to bring drugs into the prisons during separate...
Three Officers Injured During Attack at Orleans CF
Inmate Head-butts Officer After Incident In Visit Room Albion , NY - Three officers were injured after an inmate head-butted an officer following an incident in the visitors room at the medium correctional facility. Press Release
Palmesano, Finch and Giglio Decry Violence Against Correction Officers
The legislators call for needed state funding to make prisons safer for officers, inmates: Assembly Republicans serving on the New York State Assembly Committee on Corrections are frustrated and angered by a continued spree of assaults on correction officers,...
Unprovoked Assault on CO leaves him Hospitalized
At Downstate Correctional Facility, Inmate Brutally Attacks Officer Leaving Multiple Facial Contusions: Dutchess County, New York – On Sunday, March 26th, an inmate confined at Downstate Correctional Facility, serving a 20 years to life sentence for manslaughter,...
Four New Attacks on Correction Officers Show Grave Danger They Face
Violent Attacks At Correctional Facilities At Five Points, Attica, And Clinton Leave A Trail Of Injured Officers New York – Four separate attacks against Correction Officers occurred this week, leaving one officer severely injured and in the hospital. These four new...
Two Officers Injured at Willard Drug Treatment Campus
Disruptive Inmate Attacks Officer While Being Counseled Willard , NY - Two correction officers were injured at the Willard Drug Treatment Campus when an inmate, who was being counseled by one of the officers, punched the officer twice in the head and kicked...
Three Officers Injured at Hudson Correctional Facility
Officer Breaks Ankle After Being Attacked by 17 Year Old Inmate Hudson , NY - Three officers assigned to Hudson Correctional Facility were injured Tuesday afternoon when a 17 year old inmate refused to comply with orders given to him by an officer and attacked the...
NYSCOPBA Responds to Governor Cuomo’s Inaccurate Statement
NYSCOPBA Responds to Governor Cuomo’s Inaccurate Statement Press Release on “Raise The Age” Falsely Implies Prison Staff Abuse Albany , NY - “Corrections officers face some of the most dangerous work conditions imaginable while working every day to keep our...
Inmate Attacks Officer at Orleans CF
Injured Officer Sent to Local Hospital With Possible Concussion Albion, NY – Three officers were injured Tuesday morning at Orleans Correctional Facility when an inmate attacked an officer after he refused to follow orders while in the program building. Press...
Inmate Attacks Sergeant at Livingston Correctional Facility
Sergeant Sustains Laceration and Concussion During Assault Sonya, NY –A corrections sergeant received seven stitches and a concussion when an inmate lunged out of his cell and head butted him and the medium security prison. Press Release
Inmate Attacks Officer at Mid-State CF
Three Officers Injured During Assault Marcy, NY – Three correction officers sustained minor injuries when an inmate refused orders from an officer and then turned on him and attacked him inside a special housing unit. Press Release
Creedmoor Safety Officers Respond to Two Emergencies
Officers Free Trapped Driver and Perform CPR on Choking Patient Queens Village, NY – Two Safety and Security Officers, who work at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, are credited with freeing a driver trapped inside a vehicle that hit a fire hydrant and flipped over...
Two Officers Injured in Attack at Green Haven
Pepper Spray Used on Inmate to Stop Assault Stormville, NY – Two correction officers assigned to Green Haven Correctional Facility sustained minor injuries when an inmate, serving a 25 year sentence for manslaughter and attempted murder, pulled one of the officers...
Officer Injured After Being Attacked By Inmate
Gouverneur, NY – A correction officer was attacked and beaten by a 37 year old inmate serving seven years for weapons possession at Gouverneur Correctional Facility.... Press Release
Six Officers Injured in Attack at Green Haven CF
Three Inmates Injure Officers During Escort Stormville , NY – Six correction officers from Green Haven Correctional Facility sustained non-life threatening injuries yesterday evening while escorting three inmates for medication at the maximum security prison. ...
Attic CF Placed On Lockdown After Multiple Violent Altercations
Search For Illegal Contraband Ongoing Attica, NY – As of Sunday, January 8th, the Attica Correctional Facility was placed on lockdown following a series of fights between prison inmates that included the use of illegal weapons. Press Release
NYSCOPBA Applauds IDC Conference with Senate Republicans
President Powers Supports 2017 Senate Coalition Full Press Release
Officers Save Inmate From Apparent Drug Overdose
Alert Life Saving Measures Taken By Officers at Groveland Correctional Facility Full Press Release Daily Messenger
Attica Correctional Facility Donates to Local Charity & Hospitals
Attica , NY – Following a holiday tradition of giving to local charities, NYSCOPBA members from Attica Correctional Facility donated $500 dollars to Camp Good Days & Special Times on Friday, December 16. More here