by khebert | Apr 20, 2026 | Member Home, Press Release Home, Public Relations
Albany, NY – Today, NYSCOPBA President Chris Summers sent a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul on behalf of the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA), declaring that the New York State Department of Corrections and Community...
by khebert | Apr 16, 2026 | News from the Field, Northern Region, Press Release Home, Public Relations
Attica, NY – A 34-year-old inmate, who previously launched a brutal attack on a civilian counselor and a correction officer at Lakeview Correctional Facility less than two months ago, assaulted and injured six officers at Attica Correctional Facility yesterday...
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 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...
