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 called into the room and a nurse administered a dose of Narcan. The sergeant started to feel better after the dose was given, but was transported to a local hospital for further treatment.
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New York to construct monument honoring service, sacrifice of essential workers throughout pandemic
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ALBANY, N.Y. (WKBW) â New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday a monument will be constructed to honor the service and sacrifice of essential workers across the state throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. There can be no way to ever fully repay the essential workers who aided in our recovery from this devastating, once-in-a-century pandemic, Governor Cuomo said. These true heroes continue to aid and inspire us and they have our utmost respect. To honor them, we want them to create a monument to stand for all time as New York emerges tougher and stronger than ever.
State officially closes Watertown Correctional Facility
WWNY State officially closes Watertown Correctional Facility By Brendan Straub | March 31, 2021 at 5:02 PM EDT - Updated March 31 at 9:17 PM
TOWN OF WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Itâs a decision that many in the north country opposed, but the state has officially closed the Watertown Correctional Facility.
Name plates have been stripped, flags have been removed, and what once was a packed parking lot is mostly empty.
The Department of Corrections officially shut down the Watertown Correctional Facility on Wednesday.
âItâs become a difficult day and, you know, here we are at the end of March with a new state budget looming that the governor is calling for additional closures,â said NYSCOPBA (New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association) President Mike Powers.
arrow The inside of a solitary confinement cell on Rikers Island in 2017. Bebeto Matthews/AP/Shutterstock
On Wednesday night, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that will limit the use of solitary confinement for people locked up in New York s prisons.
The law s passage is a significant victory for criminal justice reform advocates, who have pointed to the deaths of New Yorkers like Kalief Browder and Layleen Polanco as evidence that solitary confinement is cruel and immoral.
Currently, there are more than 1,600 people being held in solitary across the state, some of them for decades. The Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act, which passed the State Senate and the Assembly last month, prohibits officials from placing someone in solitary confinement for more than 15 days, which is the United Nations threshold for torture.