by Webmaster | Apr 1, 2015 | Public Relations
Inmate-On-Staff Assaults On Track To Be Up 50% Since 2010; Sophisticated Criminal Networks On The Rise NYC Corrections Official Calls For 2,000 More Staff, No Similar Action From Albany To Deal With Statewide Emergency NYSCOPBA Launches Paid Media Campaign To...
by Webmaster | Mar 26, 2015 | Central Region, Public Relations
Investigation Indicates Officers Were Being Targeted Marcy , NY – A random search of Mid-State Correctional Facility turned up 7 scalpel blades, 85 HGH pills and 11 homemade weapons that were being hidden in various locations of the medium security prison. Read the...
by Webmaster | Mar 12, 2015 | Public Relations
Officers Assaulted by Inmates Following Lockdown at the Prison Auburn, NY –Less than 24 hours after a facility wide lockdown that turned up several makeshift weapons, the inmate unrest at the prison facility continued as four officers were injured by inmates last...
by Webmaster | Mar 11, 2015 | President, Public Relations
Letter from President Powers Union Calls For Investment To Make Prisons Safer Our correctional facilities are in need of a wholesale examination. The problem is systemic and endemic, and requires measures to bring more safety and security to both inmates and...
by Webmaster | Feb 4, 2015 | Public Relations, Western Region
Rochester Woman Charged with Harassment and Obstruction Attica, NY – A 48 year old Rochester woman was arrested at Attica Correctional Facility on January 6, 2015 after she allegedly flushed contraband down the toilet in the visitor’s room during a visit with her...
by Webmaster | Jan 29, 2015 | Mid-Hudson Region, Public Relations
Inmate Attacks Officer During Routine Escort Fallsburg, NY – An inmate, serving a 5 year sentence at Sullivan Correctional Facility, punched a corrections officer in the face during a routine escort at the facility which caused the officer to sustain a broken nose and...
