Five corrections officers at the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy were injured after they entered an inmate’s cell who appeared to be attempting suicide.
Instances of violence against Correctional Officers in New York State prisons are unfortunately becoming routine. Nine officers were injured in four separate incidents at the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy.
Two correctional officers at the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy were injured when an inmate attacked an officer who had ordered him off one of the facility phones.
Authorities say two women, who were at the facility to visit two separate inmates, were caught trying to sneak the drugs in on March 31, 2018, but were foiled by a K9 who alerted staff after apparently detecting the drugs.
The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association says a preliminary investigation into the assault of a corrections officer at the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy shows it appears to have been a "gang hit."