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Contraband Seized at Riverview Correctional Facility

Ogdensburg , NY — Officers at Riverview Medium Security Correctional Facility successfully intercepted over two pounds of marijuana that had been smuggled into the prison, during a series of incidents involving a contraband investigation and a violent assault on...

Apr 15, 2026

Convicted Murderer Stabs Female Officer in Attack at Coxsackie Correctional Facility

Coxsackie , NY — A 48-year-old convicted murderer, serving a 15 years to life sentence, viciously attacked and stabbed a female officer with a broken pen multiple times in the mess hall of a maximum-security correctional facility on Monday, March 30. Full Press...

Apr 6, 2026

Officers, National Guardsman Overcome by Unknown Drug at Mohawk Correctional Facility

Rome , NY — Three officers and two National Guardsmen at a medium-security correctional facility were hospitalized after being exposed to an unknown substance found on papers inside an envelope brought by a visitor. The exposure occurred yesterday as the officers...

Apr 6, 2026

News & Reports

Contraband Seized at Riverview Correctional Facility

Ogdensburg , NY — Officers at Riverview Medium Security Correctional Facility successfully intercepted over two pounds of marijuana that had been smuggled into the prison, during a series of incidents involving a contraband investigation and a violent assault on...

Multiple Officers Injured in Several Incidents at Clinton Correctional Facility

Dannemora , NY — Eight officers were injured in a six-day period at the maximum-security prison, including two who required additional treatment at a local hospital. The injuries stemmed from five separate incidents, one of which involved a violent inmate-on-inmate...

Officers and family members describe how current prison conditions impact them at work and at home.

https://youtu.be/nDUhNVtU1Cs

Mid – State Inmate Attacks Sergeant, Officer at Hospital

Marcy , NY – On February 3, shortly after midnight, a 30-year-old inmate from Mid-State Correctional Facility attacked and injured two correctional officers while being transported from Wynn Hospital following minor surgery. Full Press Release

Visitors’ Arrested, Inmate Fights Occur at Mohawk Correctional Facility

Two Visitors Arrested Attempting to Smuggle Drugs to Inmates During Visits April 30, 2025 Rome , NY – Four inmate on inmate fights occurred, leaving one inmate with a broken jaw and a second inmate with a ruptured ear drum and two visitors were...

Spotlight

NYSCOPBA Golf outing raises over $24,000 for CPOF

NYSCOPBA held its 14th annual Charitable Golf Outing on Sept 8th at Fairways Golf Course. This year’s proceeds went to the Correctional Peace Officers Foundation. The Correctional Peace Officers Foundation (CPOF) is a national, non-profit charitable organization...