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Security Officer Injured
Sex Offender Head Butted and Punched Officer Several Times White Plains , NY – A Safety & Security Officer was injured on last Tuesday afternoon when he entered a holding cell to apply restraints to a sex offender and was head butted and punched...
Orleans 3rd Annual Charity Golf Tourn. Raises $6,500 For Crossroads House
Local Golf Tournament Raises $6500 Batavia, NY – Officers from the Orleans Correctional Facility held their 3rd annual charity golf tournament July 20th at the Chestnut Hill Country Club. Read the full press release Member Login [php...
Security Officer and Social Worker Injured in Separate Assaults at Central NYPC
Officer Choked by Inmate, Social Worker Sustains Concussion Marcy, NY – A Security Hospital Treatment Assistant (SHTA) was choked by an inmate last week and a social worker sustained a concussion in two separate assaults at Central New York Psychiatric...
Wallkill: Convicted Murderer Attacks CO
Officer Sustains Fractured Cheekbone Wallkill, NY – A convicted murderer, serving 30 years to life, attacked a correction officer on July 8 at Shawangunk Correctional Facility, fracturing his cheekbone and lacerating his ear at the maximum security...
Attica Inmate Attacks Officers With Baton
Convicted Murderer Serving 46 Years to Life Injures Several Officers in Assault Attica, NY – Several correction officers were injured at Attica Correctional Facility on July 4 when an inmate incarcerated for murder and robbery punched an officer in the...
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President Power’s Message to NBC News
“This entire incident has been extremely difficult for everyone, including our officers and the community at large who had to live in fear for over three weeks while members searched for the two escaped murderers." Read the full press release [php...
President Power’s Message: NYSCOPBA Still Searching
President Power’s Message: NYSCOPBA Still Searching
UPDATE- Inmate Search
Update on Inmate Search Albany, NY –The search continued early Thursday morning for the two convicted murderers who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility early Saturday morning. Read the full press release Member Login [php...
Search continues for two inmates
Search Continues for Two Inmates Albany, NY –Multiple state, federal and local police agencies as well as members from DOCCS, DEC, and Forest Rangers continue their search for the two convicted murderers who escaped Clinton Correctional Facility early...
Officer Injured During Inmate Escape
Inmate Jumped Fence After Returning from Work Release Officer Sustains Serious Leg Injuries During Incident Rochester, NY –A corrections officer was hospitalized with serious leg injuries after he fell down a flight of stairs chasing an inmate who...
President Powers at Greene CF with Gov. Cuomo
President Powers & w/ Gov. Cuomo – Release
As Assaults On Employees Are Skyrocketing Statewide, NYSCOPBA Calls for Changes at Office of Mental Health
Security Hospital Treatment Assistants Are Getting Attacked at Alarming Rate 48 Staff Members Were Assaulted In Just Over A Month At One Facility Alone ALBANY – As assaults on Security Hospital Treatment Assistants (SHTA) by inmate patients in New York...
Fifth Security Member Attacked at Central New York Psychiatric Center
Third Serious Assault to Occur in Past Two Weeks Marcy, NY - A Security Hospital Treatment Assistant (SHTA) at Central New York Psychiatric Center was taken to a local hospital for facial, back and neck injuries after an inmate at the center attacked...
Officers Attacked at Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Center
Security Hospital Treatment Assistants Injured in Two Separate Assaults New Hampton, NY - Two Security Hospital Treatment Assistants (SHTA’s) at Mid- Hudson Psychiatric Center were treated at a local hospital for injuries sustained after they were...
Inmate Attacks Officer at Sing Sing CF
Officer Sustains Possible Broken Ribs After Being Choked by Inmate Ossining , NY- A correction officer from Sing Sing Correctional Facility sustained possible broken ribs last Monday after an inmate choked him and dragged him into his cell. Read the...
NYSCOPBA Security Members Attacked by Inmate at CNYPC
Two Security Hospital Treatment Assistants Choked and Bitten During Assault Marcy, NY - Two Security Hospital Treatment Assistants (SHTA) at Central New York Psychiatric Center were treated at a local hospital for injuries sustained after they were...
Inmate Investigated For Aggravated Harassment
Two Officers Sustain Significant Exposure After Inmate Hurls Unknown Liquid From His Cell Attica, NY- An inmate at Attica Correction Facility is facing criminal and disciplinary charges after taking a water bucket and throwing an unknown liquid on...
Skyrocketing Violence; NYSCOPBA Calls for Increased Staffing & Resources
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...
Weapons, Drugs Found in Search at Mid-State Correctional Facility
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...
Violence Continues at Auburn Correctional Facility
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...
Letter from President Powers: Union Calls for Investment to Make Prisons Safer
Letter from President Powers
Inmate’s Mother Arrested at Attica Correctional Facility
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...
Officer Sustains Broken Nose and Cheekbone after inmate assault
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...
Host of Website Deactivates Site After Lawsuit Filed
GERMAN COMPANY AGREES TO REMOVE SITE THAT LISTED OFFICERS’ NAMES AND ADDRESSES Albany, NY - The New York State Corrections Officers Benevolent Association (NYSCOBA) is pleased to announce that the website paladium.net has been deactivated. This case...
Bedford Hills Inmate is charged with using razor in attack inside prison
BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. -- A Bedford Hills inmate is facing multiple charges after allegedly attacking a fellow inmate with a razor blade on Friday, according to New York State Police. Read the full article from Daily Voice Member Login...
Officer Saves Inmate from Choking at Orleans CF
Veteran Officer Uses Heimlich Maneuver on Inmate Choking in the Mess Hall Albion, NY – A quick thinking veteran corrections officer saved an inmate by administering the Heimlich maneuver on the inmate who was choking and barely breathing on December...
Assaults at Green Haven and Sullivan CFs
Increase in Violence Towards Officers Continues Into 2015 Stormville, NY - Several correctional officers were injured after being attacked by inmates at Green Haven and Sullivan Correctional Facilities in separate assaults that occurred last December...
NYSCOPBA Western Region Donates Toys to Women’s & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo
Members Also Make Check Presentation to Child Life Program at Hospital Buffalo, NY – New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA) members from Gowanda Correctional Facility paid an early visit to patients at Women...
Officer Assaulted at Coxsackie Correctional Facility
Female Officer Latest Victim in Increasing Number of Assaults Coxsackie, NY – A female officer was punched in the face by an inmate at Coxsackie Correctional Facility after she was pulled into his cell and thrown onto his bed and attacked. Read the...