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ATTICA — A fake suicide attempt by an inmate last week resulted in injuries to at least four officers at Attica Correctional Facility. An officer was delivering meals to inmates on May 5 in the Special Housing Unit, according to the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association. He came upon an inmate who said he was suicidal and had wrapped what was described as “an altered bed sheet” around his neck. More officers were alerted and arrived at the cell. The inmate was ordered to remove the sheet from his neck and complied. He began making threats at staff...

AUBURN — Citing the potential for more violence in prisons, the union representing New York correctional officers is suing to stop the implementation of a solitary confinement reform law Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed in April.  The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association filed the lawsuit in federal court on Monday. While the main focus is on stopping the changes to solitary confinement protocols, the union is also accusing the defendants, including Cuomo and the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, of civil rights violations. Those alle...

ATTICA — Six officers were treated for injuries last month after an inmate attack at Attica Correctional Facility, according to the state corrections officers union. The incident happened April 20 when two officers were about to conduct a “cell frisk,” said New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association officials in a news release. The officers ordered an inmate to exit the cell, according to NYSCOPBA. As the door was opened, the inmate jumped up from his bed and ran to the back of the cell, allegedly trying to flush an object down the toilet. The two offi...

"These series of attacks inside the Elmira Correctional Facility should serve as a stark reminder that steps are needed to better protect correctional officers, prison staff, inmates themselves, and the overall safety and security within the walls of our prisons," said Senator O'Mara. NYSCOPBA has noted that more than 80 percent of inmates housed in maximum security facilities like Elmira are convicted of violent felony offenses. Incidents of inmate-on-inmate and inmate-on-staff assaults have been at some of the highest-ever levels over the past few years. Elmira, N.Y.,...

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