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...
by khebert | Mar 25, 2026 | Mid-Hudson Region, News from the Field, Press Release Home, Public Relations
Wallkill , NY – In two separate incidents at the medium-security correctional facility, multiple staff members were assaulted by an inmate. Full Press Release
by khebert | Mar 13, 2026 | News from the Field, Press Release Home, Public Relations, Western Region
Attica, NY – A 30-year-old female from the Bronx was arrested at Attica Correctional Facility for attempting to smuggle drugs into the facility during an inmate visit. The woman attempted to bypass the body scanner by using a six-year-old child, who was accompanying...
by khebert | Mar 10, 2026 | Member Home, News from the Field, Press Release Home, Western Region
Auburn, NY — A 49-year-old inmate serving a 20 years-to-life sentence attacked a correctional officer at the maximum-security facility on Monday, March 2, punching him in the face and stabbing him with a makeshift ice pick-type weapon. The assault left one officer...
