Secure Vendor Program News Today

Officer hospitalized after being exposed to toxic drug at Cayuga Correctional Facility Moravia

An officer was taken to Auburn Memorial Hospital after showing signs of exposure to suspected drugs that were seized from an inmate at Cayuga Correctional Facility in Moravia, the corrections

OGDENSBURG — A woman was arrested after she allegedly attempted to smuggle drugs to an inmate at Riverview Correctional Facility, according to the union representing the state’s correctional officers.

ATTICA — Corrections officers union officials are continuing to press the state to reinstall the secure vendor program after drug seizures at Wyoming Correctional Facility.

ATTICA — Drugs were found in three packages at Wyoming Correctional Facility last week, NYS Corrections Officers and Police Benevolent Association officials said.

CAPE VINCENT — Corrections officers at Cape Vincent Correctional Facility recently recovered synthetic marijuana and Suboxone from two packages mailed to inmates at the medium security prison, according to a

Officials with the New York State Correctional Officers Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA) say a sergeant was exposed to dangerous and potent drugs while investigating a suspicious letter sent to an inmate. Officials say a detail was reviewing incoming mail when the sergeant noticed one of the letters had three pages soaked in liquid. When the sergeant pulled the pages from the envelope he immediately became lightheaded, according to officials. Without hesitation medical assistance was ca...

ATTICA – Corrections officers union officials are renewing their call for a Secure Vendor Program after more drugs were found at Attica Correctional Facility.

CAPE VINCENT — An inmate at Cape Vincent Correctional Facility was allegedly found to have what the corrections officers’ union describe as a weapon up his nose. The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association Inc. said in a prepared statement Monday that an officer conducting a contraband search of an inmate on Jan. 29 uncovered an item stuffed up the nostril of the inmate. The item turned out to be a piece of ceramic sharpened on one end and melted into a ...