by khebert | Apr 15, 2026 | News & Reports Home, News from the Field, Northern Region, Press Release Home, Public Relations
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...
by khebert | Apr 15, 2026 | News & Reports Home, News from the Field, Northern Region, Public Relations
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...
by khebert | Apr 6, 2026 | News from the Field, Press Release Home, Public Relations, Western Region
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...
by khebert | Apr 6, 2026 | Central Region, News from the Field, Press Release Home, Public Relations
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 were...
by khebert | Apr 2, 2026 | News from the Field, Press Release Home, Public Relations, Western Region
Albion , NY — On Friday, March 27, five officers were exposed to significant bloodborne pathogens, and two sustained injuries while responding to an inmate at the female prison medical unit who had attempted suicide. The inmate had cut them self multiple times and...
