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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...

Calls For Assistance On Drug Smuggling In Prisons Unanswered One thing that remains the same during the course of the COVID-19 Pandemic is the amount of drugs being smuggled into New York State Prisons. New York State Correctional Officers Benevolent Association is once again calling on the the New State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to implement a program that will help detect, and eventually completely deter, drug smuggling into prisons. Regional Vice President for NYSCO...

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

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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 ...