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Four Correction Officers Injured in Assault at Livingston Correctional Facility
Livingston, NY – Three correction officers and one sergeant were injured on July 6 at Livingston Correctional Facility after they were attacked by an inmate that was being escorted to a Special Housing Unit. Full Release
Officer Assaulted at Auburn Correctional Facility
A veteran corrections officer sustained a laceration to his face and was bitten by an inmate who was being escorted to recreation at the maximum security correctional facility.
Corrections Officers Respond to Inspector General Report on Clinton Escape
President Powers – DOCCS Memorial Service & Medals Ceremony
Officer Injured During Assault at Wende Correctional Facility
NYSCOPBA Issues Statement on Bombing Arrest
NYSCOPBA Issues Statement On Clinton Report
Correction Officer severely injured
Radio 1033 The Edge: New York’s Drug-Infested Prisons
WGRZ’s Steve Brown joins Radio 1033 The Edge on his in-depth piece on New York’s Drug-Infested Prisons. Listen Here
New York’s Drug-Infested Prisons
DRUG DISCOVERIES IN NEW YORK'S PRISONS HAVE EXPLODED, AND WITH IT THERE ARE INCREASES IN ASSAULTS ON STAFF, INMATE OVERDOSES AND ADDICTION AMONG EX-INMATES. Read more here - WGRZ
NYSCOPBA pushing for more staffing in state prisons
Jim Ambrose doesn’t remember much from November 3, 2011. “He got his hands around my neck and he chocked me until I passed out,” he recalled. Ambrose was working as a Corrections Officer at Orleans Correctional when a 17-year-old inmate assaulted him. Read more here -...
Officer Attacked at Green Haven Correctional Facility
Officer Attacked at Green Haven Correctional Facility
Sustains Broken Nose and Concussion
An officer was attacked last Thursday morning by an inmate serving a life sentence for murder at the maximum security prison.
Officers Attacked at Clinton Correctional Facility
Two Inmates Assault Officers in Mess Hall, Makeshift Weapon Found During Search Dannemora, NY –Two officers received minor injuries after they were assaulted in separate attacks in the mess hall at Clinton Correctional Facility. Read more here
Officer Assaulted at Marcy Correctional Facility
Officer Assaulted at Marcy Correctional Facility Inmate Attacks Officer During Search of His Living Quarters, Make Shift Weapons Found Marcy, NY –A 19 year old inmate at Marcy Correctional Facility, a medium security prison, assaulted a corrections...
NYSCOPBA Calls on Members to Boycott Watertown Daily Times
NYSCOPBA Calls on Members to Boycott Watertown Daily Times Another Biased Report of Prisoner Abuse Leads to Call for Boycott Albany , NY –The President of the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association is calling on union...
NYSCOPBA Issues Statement on Correction Officer’s Acquittal
Patient Violently Attacked Staff Member at Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Center
Two Officers Sustain Fractures During Assault at Clinton CF
President Powers Addresses Rise In Violence In Prisons
The following statement can be attributed to Michael B. Powers, President of the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association: “At a time when violence in our prisons – from assaults on staff, inmate on inmate assaults and...
Live Ammunition Found Inside Gowanda Correctional Facility
Prison Not Locked Down During Limited Search Gowanda , NY – Two live ammunition rounds were found on walkways inside of the medium security correctional facility on Friday, March 25, 2016. Read the full press release Member Login [php...
Girl Scouts Jamboree
Volunteers are needed to help with the Girl Scouts Jamboree. 2016 Girl Scouts Jamboree Info Member Login
Inmates Stabbed in Large Fight at Wyoming CF
Attica, NY–A large inmate fight in the recreation room of one of the dormitories left three inmates with puncture wounds and several other inmates with lacerations. Read the full press release Member Login [php...
Elmira CF Placed on Lockdown
Elmira, NY – The Elmira Correctional Facility was placed on lockdown today following serious blood exposure at the facility as a result of an assault on an inmate. This lockdown follows a string of violent incidents in recent weeks that have left both...
Officer Stabbed at Elmira Correction Facility
Veteran Officer Stabbed Multiple Times During Inmate Fight Elmira, NY – A corrections officer was stabbed three times while trying to break up a fight between two inmates at the maximum security correction facility on Wednesday evening. Read the full...
Officers Injured in Inmate Attack
Four Officers Assaulted in Downstate Correctional Facility Fishkill, NY –A 23 year old inmate, serving 1 to 4 years for Grand Larceny, attacked three correction officers and a Sergeant with one of the officers batons just outside his cell at the...
Three COs Assaulted at Marcy CF
Marcy, NY–A 28 year old inmate serving 3 to 9 years for Vehicular Manslaughter attacked three correction officers in a dormitory of the medium correctional facility. Read the full press release Member Login [php...
Officers Save Civilian Employee at Greene Correctional Facility
Second Person Revived in Two Months at Prison Coxsackie, NY – Six correctional officers are credited with saving the life of a 62 year old civilian employee at the medium security facility on February 3, 2016. Read full press release ...
Officers Save Civilian Employee at Greene Correctional Facility
Coxsackie, NY – Six correctional officers are credited with saving the life of a 62 year old civilian employee at the
medium security facility on February 3, 2016.
Employees Injured in Attacks at Central New York Psych Center
Two SHTA’s Assaulted by Inmates Marcy , NY– Two Security Hospital Treatment Assistants (SHTA) were treated at St. Luke’s Hospital after being attacked by two inmates in separate attacks last week at Central New York Psychiatric Center. Read the full...
Letter to the Editor – Prison Guards’ Contract
Letter to the Editor – Prison Guards’ Contract