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Multiple Officers Injured at Collins Correctional Facility
Collins , NY – Five days after union officials were joined by State Legislators and family members of staff at Collins Correctional Facility to denounce the “Celebrate Your Family” day for inmates at the facility, NYSCOPBA is reporting eight separate inmate attacks...
Multiple Incidents Occur in September at Gouverneur Correctional Facility
Gouverneur, NY – The month of September leading into the first few days of October had staff on high alert after multiple inmate on inmate fights, make-shift weapons recovered, inmate overdoses, a visitor arrested attempting to smuggle drugs into an inmate at the...
Three Officers Sent to Local Hospital After Attacks at Elmira CF
Two Separate Inmate Attacks Injure Five Staff Elmira, NY – With three months left in 2023, the violence at Elmira Correctional Facility continues to surge with the latest two inmate attacks on staff injuring five officers, sending three to a local hospital for their...
Multiple Violent Incidents Occur at Five Points Correctional Facility
Romulus, NY – Four officers sustained minor injuries after being assaulted by inmates and two weapons were seized after an inmate on inmate fight at the maximum security correctional facility. Full Press Release
Two Females Officers Attacked at Fishkill Correctional Facility
Fishkill, NY – A 40 year old inmate serving his third stint in a state correctional facility, grabbed a female officer who was conducting security rounds and threw her to the ground and injured a second officer who came to her aid at the medium security correctional...
Surge in Violence Continues at Elmira Correctional Facility
Inmates Cut, Weapons Seized, Staff Assaulted at Facility Elmira, NY – Elmira Correctional Facility has become one of the most dangerous and violent correctional facilities in the state after another two week period of inmate on inmate assaults, multiple make-shift...
Staff Assaulted at Greene Correctional Facility
Three Officers Injured after Inmate Attack Coxsackie, NY – A 25 year old inmate serving a three year sentence for weapons possession attacked two officers and injured a third who responded to the assault at the medium security correctional facility last week. On...
Staff Quickly Contain Minor Uprising at Coxsackie Correctional Facility
Incident Began When One Inmate Became Irate and Began Threatening Staff Coxsackie , NY – Inmates attempted a small demonstration at the maximum security correction facility after one inmate became irate and began threatening staff after returning to the cell block...
Recruitment, Retention of Staff Continue to Plague DOCCS
Eight Year Veteran of Five Points Correctional Facility Resignation Letter Highlights Several Issues Albany, NY – As correctional and law enforcement agencies across the country struggle to recruit and retain officers, a resignation letter sent by an eight year...
Inmate Throws Feces on Staff Cayuga Correctional Facility
Four Officers and a Sergeant Struck by Liquid Thrown by Inmate Cayuga, NY – An inmate serving his third stint in a state correctional facility for assault and weapons possession, threw a brown liquid believed to be feces, from a milk carton and struck four officers...
Sergeant, Officer Injured at Mohawk Correctional Facility
Rome, NY – A sergeant and an officer were injured in two separate inmate attacks at the medium security correctional facility in the past two weeks. Full Press Release.
Northern Region Golf Tournament Raises $17,000 For Charity
Malone, NY – NYSCOPBA members from the Northern Region held their annual Northern Region Charity Golf Tournament to benefit North Country Honor Flight on Wednesday, May 31 at Malone Golf Club, raising $17,000 for the charity and passing $50,000 in donations in a span...
NYSCOPBA golf tournament raises $17K for Honor Flight
Extreme Violence Continues at Elmira Correctional Facility
Elmira, NY – Two weeks after union officials reported seven inmate fights at the end of July, including several involving make-shift weapons, five inmate fights occurred during the first two weeks of August and four officers were injured after an inmate, who faked a...
Five Inmate on Inmate Fights Occur at Wyoming Correctional Facility in One Day
Staff Believe Inmate Fights Are Gang Related Attica, NY – Five inmate on inmate fights occurred in one day at the medium security correctional facility that staff believe were all gang related assaults, resulting in several inmates being cut with make-shift weapons....
Three Officers Hurt at Five Points Correctional Facility
Inmate, Serving 3rd Stint in Prison, Attacks Officer During Meal Run Romulus, NY – A 38 year old inmate, serving a 20 year sentence for manslaughter, attacked an officer during the evening meal run, and injured two other officers who came to his aid at the maximum...
Staff Injured by Inmates at Elmira Correctional Facility
Elmira, NY – Only three days after seven inmate on inmate fights occurred over five days at Elmira Correctional Facility, chaos and violence erupted again in the first week of August. Full Press Release
Seven Officers Injured at Mid-State Correctional Facilities
Two Officers Need Treatment at Hospital After Being Bitten by Inmate Marcy, NY – A 26 year old inmate serving a seven year sentence for sex abuse, attacked, bit and injured seven officers as they attempted to subdue him after initially attacking staff inside a...
Officer, Sergeant Attacked at Collins Correctional Facility
Officer Transported to Local Hospital for Injuries Collins , NY – A sergeant and an officer were injured at Collins Correctional Facility in two separate inmate attacks at the end of July, continuing the disturbing violence at the medium security correctional...
Inmate Attack Staff at Mohawk Correctional Facility
Two Officers Treated at Local Hospital for Their Injuries Rome, NY – A 44 year old inmate, serving his third stint in state prison, attacked and injured two officers at the medium security correctional facility last week sending both men to a local hospital for...
Inmate Attacks, Injures Four Officers at Five Points Correctional Facility
Inmate Possibly High on Intoxicant During Attack Romulus, NY – A 38 year old inmate serving a 25 years to life prison sentence for murder, attacked three officers and injured a fourth who helped subdue him in the kitchen of the facility mess hall. The attack occurred...
NYSCOPBA Officials Praise Greene County District Attorney for Prosecuting Violent Inmates
As Violence Soars, Inmates from Coxsackie and Greene Correctional Held Accountable for their Actions While Incarcerated Catskill, NY – As violence continues to plague correctional facilities across New York, the Greene County District Attorney’s Office yesterday...
Multiple Inmate Fights Occur at Elmira Correctional Facility
Several Inmates Cut by Make-Shift Weapons During Six Inmate on Inmate Fights Elmira, NY – Seven inmate fights, several large in nature, occurred over a five day period last week, leaving several inmates cut with make-shift weapons and two officers injured as they...
Inmate Fights, Weapons, Drug Overdose Plague Mohawk Correctional Facility
Officer Injured During Inmate Attack Rome, NY – A seven day period ending this past Monday yielded several make-shift weapons, two inmate on inmate fights, one officer injured during an attempted assault and one inmate administered several applications of Narcan to...
Officer Injured at Elmira Correctional Facility
Officer Taken to Local Hospital after being Attacked by Inmate Elmira, NY – A 24 year old inmate who is serving eight years for gang assault, attacked an officer and punched him repeatedly in the face at the maximum security correctional facility last week. The...
Officers Attacked at Collins Correctional Facility
Two Separate Inmate Attacks in a Span of Three Days Collins, NY – An inmate scheduled to be released in less than two weeks, attacked and injured three officers at the medium security correctional facility while in an intoxicated state. The assault was one of two...
Multiple Inmate Fights Occur at Gouverneur Correctional Facility
Two Inmates Need Treatment at Local Hospital, Weapons Seized Gouverneur, NY – Five inmate on inmate fights occurred in the past two weeks at the medium security correctional facility, sending two inmates to a local hospital for their injuries and several other inmates...
Staff Injured at Five Points & Elmira Correctional Facilities
One Sergeant, Five Officers Injured Romulus, Elmira, NY – Six staff members were injured at the two maximum security correctional facilities this week in two separate inmate attacks as violence continues to skyrocket into the second half of 2023. On Sunday, July 2, a...
Inmate Attacks Staff at Ulster Correctional Facility
Officer Transported to Local Hospital for Injuries Naponach, NY – A 36 year old inmate who entered the Ulster Correctional Facility Reception Center the day before, attacked staff in the medical facility, injuring one officer who needed further treatment at a local...
Melee Occurs at Coxsackie Correctional Facility
Inmate Attacks Staff, Stabs Sergeant Sergeant and Four Officers Also Injured Coxsackie , NY – A 20 year old inmate serving a five year sentence for weapons possession violently attacked staff in the Residential Rehabilitation Unit (RRU), stabbing a sergeant in the...