Dozens of correction facilities everywhere New York State Have stopped visiting the safety of staff grows after another riot broke out in an upstate prison.
“Visitation in all DOCCS facilities will be canceled until further notice,” wrote the Nys Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in a message on their Facebook page.
The last prison worries happened around midnight on Thursday in the RiverView correctional facility, According to reports from WWNY.
The outlet reported that dorms within the The facility was under the control of the prisoner A few hours, where the staff said they felt ‘unsafe’. However, the state told the outlet that correction officers left their posts, so that the dorms were brought without supervision.
Slaenen at Riverview Correctional Facility Just outside Ogdensburg were under the prisoner under the prisoner on Thursday after the staff found that the circumstances were unsafe. (On)
The Outlet learned that no fewer than 500 prisoners were housed in 10 dormitories at RiverView after they had spoken with various sources. It was also established that around 15-20 employees were in the night shift.
It was not clear what led to the tensions that escalated between prisoners and correction officers, but prison staff considered the circumstances unsafe and the staff withdrew to a visitor area, the outlet reported.
Correction officers said they could hear, what sounded like prisoners who break glass and damaged the dorms and so the staff left the visitor area and entered the administrative area of ​​prison where they felt safe.
The staff then called for help, where at least 2 teams arrived from Governor and Albany.
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A prison of the state of New York was locked after rebellious prisoners injured three guards and had taken control of three dormitories. (Albany Times Union)
The facility was completely back under the state control on Thursday around 8 am.
According to the outlet, no staff of the correction facility were injured during the test.
“Last night, with everything that happened at night, it was very scary. I could not imagine that I was in their shoes there. 25 years in corrections, things have changed in corrections,” said John Robla, a retired correction -Altalier exhaust.
A spokesperson for the Nys Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association also confirmed the incident to the outlet valve and said, “It is aware of what happened at night.”
“After midnight, prisoners took over several dorms at RiverView after they became unmanageable, and the officers who were assigned to the dormitory found their safety in danger and left the dorms. Somewhere late this morning the dorms were under control and restored.”
This last incident comes almost a week after another correction facility was locked due to a rebellion of prisoners.
New York City Department of Correction Officer on Rikers Island. (James Kivom/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The incident happened around 1 o’clock on 12 February in the Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County when three dorms were taken over by prisoners and the staff were removed.
Kenny Gold, vice -president of the Western region for the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association ((Nyscopba) told the Albany Union Times that three correction Officers suffered minor injuries.
The outlet also reported that Daniel Martuscello III, commissioner of the DOCCs, had published a memo earlier in the week in which permanent personnel changes were announced by ‘chronic shortages’.
WRGB reported That recent incidents in the past in the facility expressed their concern after nine officers were injured in an incident of 12 June. Then, less than two months later, 11 officers were admitted to hospital after they came into contact with a substance after they had tried to help a prisoner on 4 August.
Governor Kathy Hochul gives an update about the search for a missing child in Gansevoort on Sunday 1 October 2023. (Mike Groll/Office or Governor Kathy Hochul)
New York Gov. signed on Wednesday. Kathy Hochul an executive order that activated members of the New York National Guard to “guarantee safety and security at correction facilities, while the illegal and illegal work interruption continues due to correction officers.”
The order also offers authority for additional overtime compensation for correction officers and other employees who report for duty and actively work to secure facilities.
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The State New York has also submitted an order under the Taylor legislation and a judge granted a temporary restraining order that obliges striking correction officers to stop illegal activity on Wednesday.
“These disturbing and non -sanctioned work interruptions by some correction officers must end because they endanger the security of their colleagues, prison population, and causing unnecessary fear of the residents in the surrounding communities,” said Governor Hochul.
“In an attempt to resolve this illegal work stop, I indicated the appointment of the highly respected independent mediator Martin Scheinman who will immediately start returning striking correction officers back to work. Although I am sure for the thousands of correction officers And employees who continue to report for duty – I thank them for their continuous service and for the right one. “
Fox News Digital reached contact with the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association and Gov. Hochul’s Office, but did not immediately receive a response.
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