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NYSCOPBA Officials Praise Greene County District Attorney for Prosecuting Violent Inmates
As Violence Soars, Inmates from Coxsackie and Greene Correctional Held Accountable for their Actions While Incarcerated Catskill, NY – As violence continues to plague correctional facilities across New York, the Greene County District Attorney’s Office yesterday...
Multiple Inmate Fights Occur at Elmira Correctional Facility
Several Inmates Cut by Make-Shift Weapons During Six Inmate on Inmate Fights Elmira, NY – Seven inmate fights, several large in nature, occurred over a five day period last week, leaving several inmates cut with make-shift weapons and two officers injured as they...
Inmate Fights, Weapons, Drug Overdose Plague Mohawk Correctional Facility
Officer Injured During Inmate Attack Rome, NY – A seven day period ending this past Monday yielded several make-shift weapons, two inmate on inmate fights, one officer injured during an attempted assault and one inmate administered several applications of Narcan to...
Officer Injured at Elmira Correctional Facility
Officer Taken to Local Hospital after being Attacked by Inmate Elmira, NY – A 24 year old inmate who is serving eight years for gang assault, attacked an officer and punched him repeatedly in the face at the maximum security correctional facility last week. The...
Officers Attacked at Collins Correctional Facility
Two Separate Inmate Attacks in a Span of Three Days Collins, NY – An inmate scheduled to be released in less than two weeks, attacked and injured three officers at the medium security correctional facility while in an intoxicated state. The assault was one of two...
Multiple Inmate Fights Occur at Gouverneur Correctional Facility
Two Inmates Need Treatment at Local Hospital, Weapons Seized Gouverneur, NY – Five inmate on inmate fights occurred in the past two weeks at the medium security correctional facility, sending two inmates to a local hospital for their injuries and several other inmates...
Staff Injured at Five Points & Elmira Correctional Facilities
One Sergeant, Five Officers Injured Romulus, Elmira, NY – Six staff members were injured at the two maximum security correctional facilities this week in two separate inmate attacks as violence continues to skyrocket into the second half of 2023. On Sunday, July 2, a...
Inmate Attacks Staff at Ulster Correctional Facility
Officer Transported to Local Hospital for Injuries Naponach, NY – A 36 year old inmate who entered the Ulster Correctional Facility Reception Center the day before, attacked staff in the medical facility, injuring one officer who needed further treatment at a local...
Melee Occurs at Coxsackie Correctional Facility
Inmate Attacks Staff, Stabs Sergeant Sergeant and Four Officers Also Injured Coxsackie , NY – A 20 year old inmate serving a five year sentence for weapons possession violently attacked staff in the Residential Rehabilitation Unit (RRU), stabbing a sergeant in the...
Multiple Inmate Fights Occur at Five Points Correctional Facility
Violence Continues to Plague Facility, Several Officers Injured and Visitors Arrested Romulus, NY – In the first nine days of June, multiple inmate on inmate fights occurred at the maximum security correctional facility that injured eight officers, sending five to a...
Staff Injured at Coxsackie Correctional Facility
One Officer has Urine Thrown on Him, Second Officer Punched in the Mouth Coxsackie, NY – A 32 year old inmate who is scheduled to be released in less than a year, threw urine on one officer from his cell and attacked a second officer after being frisked for contraband...
Officers Injured at Collins Correctional Facility
One Officer Sustains Fracture to Neck Collins, NY – A 34 year old inmate who killed a passenger, two dogs and injured five others in a seven car pile-up in New York City in 2018, attacked multiple officers, sending one officer to the local hospital with a displaced...
Inmate Attacks Staff at Fishkill Correctional Facility
Officer Receives 13 Stitches to Close Two Lacerations Fishkill , NY – A 42 year old inmate in a Residential Rehabilitation Unit (RRU) for discipline, attacked staff who came to escort him to his daily program, sending one officer to a local hospital to close...
Officers Injured at Sing Sing Correctional Facility
Female Officer Pulled Into Inmate’s Cell, Assaulted Ossining, NY – Four officers were injured last week at the maximum security correctional facility in two separate attacks by two inmates who have served multiple stints in prison. On Monday, June 5, inmates were...
Multiple Officers Injured at Wende Correctional Facility
One Inmate Pulls Make-Shift Weapon on Officer Alden, NY – Six officers were injured at the maximum security correctional facility last Saturday when two inmates attacked staff in two separate incidents. The first attack occurred in one of the facility cell blocks...
Throwing Incidents at Mid-State Correctional Facility
Two Officers Have Urine Thrown on Them Marcy, NY – Two inmates, serving their second stints in prison, threw liquid believed to contain urine on two officers in incidents on consecutive days at the medium security correctional facility. On Tuesday, June 6, an officer...
Staff Injured at Collins Correctional Facility
One Officer Sustains Fractured Cheekbone and Concussion Collins , NY – A 35 year old inmate serving a nine year sentence for assault and attempted robbery, violently attacked staff at the medium security correctional facility, sending three officers to local hospitals...
Visitor Arrested for Contraband at Coxsackie Correctional Facility
Female Attempts to Smuggle in Utility Knife Coxsackie, NY – A female visitor at Coxsackie Correctional Facility was arrested for Promoting Prison Contraband last week when officers discovered a five inch utility blade in her bag. On Tuesday, June 5, the visitor,...
Investigators Determine Inmate Was Strangled at Gouverneur Correctional Facility
Cellmate the Prime Suspect in Homicide Gouverneur, NY – A 26 year old inmate was strangled to death inside his cell at the medium security correctional facility on Monday and investigators are focusing on his cellmate as the prime suspect in the homicide. On Monday,...
Sergeant Knocked Unconscious at Ulster Correctional Facility
New Inmate Attacks Staff in Reception Center Napanoch, NY – A 28 year old inmate who came to the Ulster Correctional Facility Reception Center on May 19 after recently being convicted of robbery, attacked a sergeant in one of the facility dorms at the medium security...
Officers Have Urine Thrown on Them at Gouverneur Correctional Facility
Three Officers Treated at Local Hospital for Exposure For Immediate Release June 6, 2023 Gouverneur, NY – Three officers were treated for exposure at a local hospital last week when two inmates threw urine on them, striking them in the face in two separate incidents...
Multiple Officers Injured at Wyoming Correctional Facility
Inmate High on Drugs Attacks Staff Attica, NY – Five officers sustained minor injuries after an inmate, who appeared under the influence of drugs, attacked the initial officers who attempted to escort him off of a dorm facility at the medium security correctional...
Convicted Rapist Makes Sexual Advances at Female Officer at Sing Sing Correctional Facility
Incident Follows NYSCOPBA’s Calls For More Protection for Female Officers Against Sexual Assault Ossining, NY – A 42 year old inmate at Sing Sing Correctional Facility serving a 18 year sentence for two counts of Rape 1st, attempted to kiss a female officer and...
Officers Attacked Again at Collins Correctional Facility
Violence Towards Staff Continues to Plague Facility Collins, NY – Over a dozen officers were injured at Collins Correctional Facility over a ten day period as inmate violence continues to surge at the medium security correctional facility. On Monday, May 1, two...
Inmate on Inmate Violence at Gouverneur Correctional Facility
Three Inmates Slashed During Fights at Facility Gouverneur, NY – Violence continues to plague State Correctional Facilities as a result of the HALT Act, as four inmate fights occurred in a span of a week, leaving three inmates cut with make-shift weapons at the medium...
Violent, Unprovoked Attacks on Staff Continue at Elmira Correctional Facility
Elmira, NY – A total of 19 officers were injured by inmates in three separate violent incidents at the maximum-security facility during a 10-day stretch in early May. Full Press Release
NYSCOPBA Applauds Greene County District Attorney for Holding Inmates Accountable for their Actions
Individuals from Coxsackie and Greene Correctional Facilities Charged with Various Prison Crimes Catskill, NY – Several inmates face outside prosecution of various prison crimes while housed in two State correctional facilities in Greene County. The charges range from...
Unprovoked Attack by Inmate Leaves Several Staff Members Injured
Several Officers Injured During Attack, Including One Officer Suffering a Severe Concussion May 15, 2023 Gouverneur, NY – A 46-year-old inmate serving his second prison sentence, recently assaulted multiple officers at the maximum-security facility. On May 4th, the...
More Contraband Intercepted Again at Cayuga Correctional Facility
Five Female Visitors Arrested and over 130 Grams of Drugs Seized in One Day After Trying to Smuggle Drugs into Prison Cayuga, NY – Five women were arrested and charged with promoting prison contraband after a K9 alerted to them while carrying drugs during inmate...
A Week Full of Violent Incidents Plague Marcy and Mid-State Correctional Facilities
Marcy, NY – Numerous violent attacks by inmates upon one another and towards staff are reported in a one week stretch at Marcy Correctional Facility and neighboring Mid-State Correctional Facility, both medium-security prisons in the Mohawk Valley. Full Press Release.