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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
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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...
Officer Assaulted at Marcy Correctional Facility
Officers Rescue Bus Driver and Student In School Bus Rollover
Erie, County – A group of correction officers on their way to training at Attica Correctional Facility rescued a female bus driver and a kindergartener who were trapped inside a bus after it went off the road into a ravine and flipped on it’s side.
NYSCOPBA’s Assault and Safety Awareness Campaign
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Officer Injured in Attack at Five Points Correctional Facility
Officers Investigating Disturbance Inside Cell Assaulted By Two Inmates Romulus, NY – Three correction officers were injured at Five Points Correctional last evening when they were attacked by two inmates at the maximum security prison. Read the full...
Assaults Occur at Downstate and Sullivan Correctional Facilities
Officers Sustain Fractures After Being Attacked by Inmates Fishkill, NY – Five correctional officers were injured in two separate incidents at Downstate and Sullivan Correctional Facilities last week. Read the full press release Member...
Softball Tournament Raises $15,000 for Children of Sergeant James Barney
Ray Brook, NY – A 14 team co- ed softball tournament held on September 6 and 7 raised over $15,000 for the five children of James and Kim Barney, who were both tragically killed by a reckless driver in Ray Brook this past July.
NYSCOPBA Remembers 43rd Anniversary of Attica Prison Riot
Officers and Officials To Attend Service to Honor 11 Employees Killed Attica, NY – Correction officers, public officials, survivors and families of staff members that were killed in the Attica Prison riot will remember the 43rd anniversary of the end...
Officer Assaulted at Erie County Medical Center
Buffalo, NY – A corrections sergeant was choked and assaulted by an inmate Monday evening at Erie County Medical Center.
Inmates Attack and Injures 12 Staff Members at Central New York Psych. Center
Marcy, NY – A dozen staff members at the Central New York Psychiatric Center (CNYPC) were injured this morning when large group of inmates attacked staff members and other inmates inside the facility located just west of Utica. Read the full press...
Orleans Correctional Facility Holds Second Annual Charity Golf Tournament and raises over $7,000 for American Heart Association
Officers Raise $7000 for American Heart Association Batavia, NY – Officers from the Orleans Correctional Facility held their second annual charity golf tournament on Monday, August 18, 2014 at the Batavia Country Club. This year the tournament...
Officer Attacked at Mid-State Correctional Facility
Female Officer Cut Across Her Face and Neck Marcy, NY – A veteran female correction officer was assaulted and cut on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at Mid-State Correctional Facility while making routine rounds. Read the full press release ...
Marcy CF in Lockdown After Officers Locate 90 Makeshift Weapons
Follows Trend Of Increasing Violence & Lockdowns In Correctional Facilities Statewide Marcy – Marcy Correctional Facility, a medium security prison outside of Utica, is currently locked down as officers conduct searches of facility buildings after...
Officers Hurt in Weekend Incidents at Gowanda Correctional Facility
One Officer Sustains Compound Fracture Gowanda, NY – Four correction officers were injured this weekend at Gowanda Correctional Facility. One officer sustained a compound fracture to his arm when he fell from one of the towers in the yard and three...
Officer Assaulted at Fishkill Correctional Facility
Beacon, NY – A 25 year veteran correction officer was assaulted at Fishkill Correctional Facility Monday morning and needed over 20 stitches to his mouth to close his wounds. Read the full press release Member Login [php...
NYSCOPBA Donates Tickets to Valley Cats and Barbeque
Ravena, NY – Members of the Mid-Hudson NYSCOPBA (New York State Correction Officers & Police Benevolent Association) recently donated 100 tickets to a Tri-City ValleyCats game to the Hudson Valley Little League Association. Read the full press...
Officer Assaulted at Mid -State Correctional Facility
Marcy, NY — A 25 year veteran Correction Officer was treated for shoulder and back injuries after an inmate attacked her and threw her to the ground in the mess hall Saturday evening.
Officers Seriously Hurt in Attack at Sing Sing Correctional Facility
Ossining, NY – On Friday, June 20, 2014, at approximately 1:30 p.m., three correction officers were seriously assaulted by an inmate with gang affiliations and a history of violence.