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
WATERTOWN â After its closure in March, town officials are working to acquire the former Watertown Correctional Facility and its water tower.
Town Supervisor Joel R. Bartlett, who heads the 1000 Islands Regional Local Development Corp., has been talking to state officials about the nonprofit organization acquiring the former prison site for possible resale or redevelopment of the nearly 71-acre property.
Mr. Bartlett confirmed that the local development corporation has a potential buyer for the property, but would not provide information about the prospect. But when asked whether the property could be used for future housing, he said it was a âpossibility.â
LAFARGEVILLE â Gene-Paul Brennan thinks the Jefferson County Board of Legislators needs a fresh set of eyes on it, and he wants to be the one to bring that change.
Mr. Brennan is running as a Republican for Jefferson Countyâs Third District, which covers the towns of Alexandria, Orleans and part of LeRay. Heâs running against current Legislator Phillip N. Reed, and the two will face off in a primary election in June for the Republican Party line on the November ballot.
As thereâs nobody else running, the June primary will likely decide who takes the seat.
Mr. Brennan is a Jefferson County native, born and raised in Evans Mills. After graduating from Indian River High School, he got a paramedic associateâs degree from Jefferson Community College. He went on to take a job with Samaritan Medical Center for a number of years.
WATERTOWN â Thereâs no doubt that corrections personnel throughout the stateâs penal system confront an uphill battle in keeping contraband from reaching inmates.
Drugs and weapons continue to find their way into prisons. A news item published March 25 in the Watertown Daily Times reported the following about an incident at the Cape Vincent Correctional Facility:
âThe New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association said in a statement [March 24] that on March 9, an officer observed an inmate unsteady on his feet in the prisonâs recreation yard. The inmate was brought to the infirmary for evaluation where the inmate allegedly reached into his pant pockets and pulled out an unknown object, which he swallowed. According to the union, officers frisked the inmate and found two Suboxone strips [used to treat opioid addiction] in his possession. Medical staff determined the inmate was under the influence of drugs, the union said.
WATERTOWN â Thereâs no doubt that corrections personnel throughout the stateâs penal system confront an uphill battle in keeping contraband from reaching inmates.
Drugs and weapons continue to find their way into prisons. A news item published March 25 in the Watertown Daily Times reported the following about an incident at the Cape Vincent Correctional Facility:
âThe New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association said in a statement [March 24] that on March 9, an officer observed an inmate unsteady on his feet in the prisonâs recreation yard. The inmate was brought to the infirmary for evaluation where the inmate allegedly reached into his pant pockets and pulled out an unknown object, which he swallowed. According to the union, officers frisked the inmate and found two Suboxone strips [used to treat opioid addiction] in his possession. Medical staff determined the inmate was under the influence of drugs, the union said.