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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.
Multiple Unprovoked Throwing Incidents by Inmates Towards Staff Reported at Wende and Lakeview Correctional Facilities
Several Officers Struck with Unknown Liquids, Requiring Treatment Alden and Brocton, NY – Several reports of throwing incidents by inmates aimed at staff have been reported at two Western New York correctional facilities. The incidents were unprovoked and involved...
Officer Injured During Inmate Attack at Mohawk Correctional Facility
Officer Struck with Fire Extinguisher in the Head May 10, 2023 Rome, NY – A 34 year old inmate serving a second stint in state prison, attacked and struck an officer in the head with a metal fire extinguisher as the officer attempted to break up fight between two...
Female NYS Correction Officers Demand Legislative Action to Protect Them from Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assaults in NYS Prisons
Since the Enactment of the HALT Act in April 2022, the Frequency and Severity of Sexually Charged Incidents by Inmates Against Staff has Significantly Increased Violent Assaults Against Staff Has Increased Nearly 30% since HALT Over 15% of NYSCOPBA’s 16,000 Active...
Officers Assaulted, Injured at Otisville Correctional Facility
Otisville, NY – Four officers needed to be treated at a local hospital after an inmate head butted two officers and fought with staff attempting to contain him after he initially was found masturbating in his housing cube at the medium security correctional facility....
Officer Sustains Eye Injury at Five Points Correctional Facility
Romulus, NY – An officer just returned to duty from blurred vision after an inmate threw an unknown liquid that smelled of urine and chemicals at the officer, striking him in the head, face, eyes and mouth at the maximum security correctional facility last week. Full...
Multiple Assaults Occur in April at Mid-State Correctional Facilities
Marcy, NY – The month of April proved to be extremely violent at the medium security correctional facility with one officer attacked and cut with a weapon and one inmate stabbed several times by another inmate in a facility bathroom. Full Press Release
Inmate Slashed Twice at Elmira Correctional Facility
Elmira, NY – An inmate who is serving a 25 year sentence for Manslaughter 1st, was slashed twice in the face with cutting type weapons at the maximum security prison last week. Full Press Release
Gang Fight among Inmates Occurs at Coxsackie Correctional Facility
Coxsackie, NY – Two alleged gang fights broke out in the recreation yard at the maximum security correctional facility at the end of April, causing minor injuries to the inmates involved. Full Press Release
Multiple Visitors Arrested at Cayuga Correctional Facility
Cayuga, NY – Six women were arrested and charged with promoting prison contraband after a K9 alerted to them while carry drugs during inmate visits on two days in April at the medium security correctional facility. Full Press Release
Inmate Violently Attacks Staff at Upstate Correctional Facility
Malone, NY – An inmate, who initially refused staff directions to walk to his cell, injured multiple officers, sending four to local hospitals for injuries sustained containing the combative inmate at the maximum security correctional facility last week. Full Press...
Staff Injured at Orleans Correctional Facility
One Officer Sustains Fracture to Hand Albion, NY – An inmate, who was intoxicated on a unknown drug, attacked and injured four staff members at the medium security correctional facility last Friday. On April 14, and officer was conducting routine rounds in one of the...
Officers Assaulted, Injured at Otisville and Sullivan Correctional Facilities
Otisville, NY – Six officers from Sullivan Correctional Facility and one officer from Otisville were treated at a local hospital for injuries that occurred when two inmates attacked them in separate incidents. The assaults occurred following two other attacks at...