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NYSCOPBA Members Hold Rally at State Capitol
Members Demand More Staffing and Resources As Assaults on Staff Continue to Rise Albany, NY - Over 400 NYSCOPBA members held a rally in West Capitol Park this afternoon in a display of strength and unity and to demand respect from the Governor’s Office...
Upstate Restaurant to Honor Correction Officers
Day of Recognition is in Association with The Border Radio Station’s “Thoughtful Thursdays” Watertown , NY - CiCi’s Restaurant, in conjunction with Border Radio Station’s “Thoughtful Thursdays”, is recognizing state Correction Officers today at two locations in...
Officers Injured at Fishkill and Green Haven Correctional Facilities
Two Inmates Assault Officers in Separate Attacks Stormville, NY - Four officers were treated at local hospitals for injuries sustained in two separate attacks at Fishkill and Green Haven Correctional Facilities last week. Press Release
Two Downstate Women Arrested at Visitor’s Process Building
Visitors Arrested Attempting to Bring Drugs Into Prison Dansville , NY - Two downstate women were arrested at the visitor’s process building that serves both Livingston and Groveland Correctional Facilities attempting to bring drugs into the prisons during separate...
Three Officers Injured During Attack at Orleans CF
Inmate Head-butts Officer After Incident In Visit Room Albion , NY - Three officers were injured after an inmate head-butted an officer following an incident in the visitors room at the medium correctional facility. Press Release
Palmesano, Finch and Giglio Decry Violence Against Correction Officers
The legislators call for needed state funding to make prisons safer for officers, inmates: Assembly Republicans serving on the New York State Assembly Committee on Corrections are frustrated and angered by a continued spree of assaults on correction officers,...
Unprovoked Assault on CO leaves him Hospitalized
At Downstate Correctional Facility, Inmate Brutally Attacks Officer Leaving Multiple Facial Contusions: Dutchess County, New York – On Sunday, March 26th, an inmate confined at Downstate Correctional Facility, serving a 20 years to life sentence for manslaughter,...
Four New Attacks on Correction Officers Show Grave Danger They Face
Violent Attacks At Correctional Facilities At Five Points, Attica, And Clinton Leave A Trail Of Injured Officers New York – Four separate attacks against Correction Officers occurred this week, leaving one officer severely injured and in the hospital. These four new...
Two Officers Injured at Willard Drug Treatment Campus
Disruptive Inmate Attacks Officer While Being Counseled Willard , NY - Two correction officers were injured at the Willard Drug Treatment Campus when an inmate, who was being counseled by one of the officers, punched the officer twice in the head and kicked...
Three Officers Injured at Hudson Correctional Facility
Officer Breaks Ankle After Being Attacked by 17 Year Old Inmate Hudson , NY - Three officers assigned to Hudson Correctional Facility were injured Tuesday afternoon when a 17 year old inmate refused to comply with orders given to him by an officer and attacked the...
NYSCOPBA Responds to Governor Cuomo’s Inaccurate Statement
NYSCOPBA Responds to Governor Cuomo’s Inaccurate Statement Press Release on “Raise The Age” Falsely Implies Prison Staff Abuse Albany , NY - “Corrections officers face some of the most dangerous work conditions imaginable while working every day to keep our...
Inmate Attacks Officer at Orleans CF
Injured Officer Sent to Local Hospital With Possible Concussion Albion, NY – Three officers were injured Tuesday morning at Orleans Correctional Facility when an inmate attacked an officer after he refused to follow orders while in the program building. Press...
Inmate Attacks Sergeant at Livingston Correctional Facility
Sergeant Sustains Laceration and Concussion During Assault Sonya, NY –A corrections sergeant received seven stitches and a concussion when an inmate lunged out of his cell and head butted him and the medium security prison. Press Release
Inmate Attacks Officer at Mid-State CF
Three Officers Injured During Assault Marcy, NY – Three correction officers sustained minor injuries when an inmate refused orders from an officer and then turned on him and attacked him inside a special housing unit. Press Release
Creedmoor Safety Officers Respond to Two Emergencies
Officers Free Trapped Driver and Perform CPR on Choking Patient Queens Village, NY – Two Safety and Security Officers, who work at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, are credited with freeing a driver trapped inside a vehicle that hit a fire hydrant and flipped over...
Two Officers Injured in Attack at Green Haven
Pepper Spray Used on Inmate to Stop Assault Stormville, NY – Two correction officers assigned to Green Haven Correctional Facility sustained minor injuries when an inmate, serving a 25 year sentence for manslaughter and attempted murder, pulled one of the officers...
Officer Injured After Being Attacked By Inmate
Gouverneur, NY – A correction officer was attacked and beaten by a 37 year old inmate serving seven years for weapons possession at Gouverneur Correctional Facility.... Press Release
Six Officers Injured in Attack at Green Haven CF
Three Inmates Injure Officers During Escort Stormville , NY – Six correction officers from Green Haven Correctional Facility sustained non-life threatening injuries yesterday evening while escorting three inmates for medication at the maximum security prison. ...
Attic CF Placed On Lockdown After Multiple Violent Altercations
Search For Illegal Contraband Ongoing Attica, NY – As of Sunday, January 8th, the Attica Correctional Facility was placed on lockdown following a series of fights between prison inmates that included the use of illegal weapons. Press Release
NYSCOPBA Applauds IDC Conference with Senate Republicans
President Powers Supports 2017 Senate Coalition Full Press Release
Officers Save Inmate From Apparent Drug Overdose
Alert Life Saving Measures Taken By Officers at Groveland Correctional Facility Full Press Release Daily Messenger
Attica Correctional Facility Donates to Local Charity & Hospitals
Attica , NY – Following a holiday tradition of giving to local charities, NYSCOPBA members from Attica Correctional Facility donated $500 dollars to Camp Good Days & Special Times on Friday, December 16. More here
Lakeview & Gowanda CF Donate Toys to the Women’s & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo
Buffalo, NY - Following a holiday tradition of giving to local charities, members of NYSCOPBA’s Western Region held several fundraisers to raise money to donate toys and gifts to the Women’s & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. The members also made a donation to...
Inmate Injures SHTA at Kirby Forensic
A male inmate patient attacked a female SHTA at Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center and injured at second SHTA when she came assist the first SHTA during the attack.
NYSCOPBA OFFERS $25,000 REWARD
NYSCOPBA Announces $25,000 Reward To Bring Perpetrators Involved In Officer Shooting To Justice For more info, go here
Inmate Injures Two Central New York Psychiatric Center Staff
Inmate Kicks Out Side Window of Transport Van Marcy , NY – A 33 year old inmate patient from Central New York Psychiatric Center injured two staff members after she had to be forcefully removed from the Queens County Court Room last Thursday afternoon. read more...
NYSCOPBA donates $5000 to “Free To Be Me Rescue”
NYSCOPBA donated $5000 to “Free To Be Me Rescue” which is a local organization that rescues pets from shelter, owners and puppy mills. They provide medical and emotional support to the pets through rehabilitation and rely strictly on donations to provide the pets...
President Powers Op-Ed: The Real Issue is Prison Security on Both Sides of the Gate
Officer Choked, Assaulted at Green Haven Correctional Facility
Stormville , NY – A corrections officer was punched in the face and choked by an inmate in an unprovoked attack that occurred on Wednesday morning. Full PR
OUR VIEW: Don’t turn good guys into bad guys
OUR VIEW: Don't turn good guys into bad guys Pick a profession. Any profession. Now vilify it.... That seems to be the trend these days. And it needs to stop. By casting a wide net on alleged corruption and incompetence, we destroy our own sense of being. It's...