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Prison Violence

Man Kills Fellow Inmate At Sing Sing Prison, Convicted Nearly 30 Years Later Man Kills Fellow Inmate At Sing Sing Prison, Convicted Nearly 30 Years Later
Man Kills Fellow Inmate At Sing Sing Prison, Convicted Nearly 30 Years Later Nearly 30 years after fatally stabbing a fellow inmate at a Northern Westchester prison because he wore a cross, a 54-year-old New York man learned he will spend decades in prison for the killing.  Albany resident Allah-Son-Allah was sentenced to 20 years in state prison for his killing of 32-year-old Michael Jones on Christmas Eve 1995 while they were both incarcerated at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Oct. 10.  According to the DA's Office, at around 8 p.m. on Dec. 24, 1995, Allah-Son-All…
Hudson Valley Inmate Receives Increased Sentence For Attacking Jail Guards Hudson Valley Inmate Receives Increased Sentence For Attacking Jail Guards
Hudson Valley Inmate Receives Increased Sentence For Attacking Jail Guards A 35-year-old Hudson Valley inmate will serve an extra 14 years in state prison for attacking correction officers on at least four occasions, seriously injuring two. Rockland County resident, Darius Williams, age 35, of Spring Valley, was sentenced to two consecutive seven-year terms for the assaults, said Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh. Williams was sentenced on Wednesday, March 13 to seven years in prison for slashing a man across the face with a box cutter in July 2022, after approaching a couple walking down a street and slashing the man across the face. He continued…
Hudson Valley Prison On Lockdown After 24 Hours Of Violence Hudson Valley Prison On Lockdown After 24 Hours Of Violence
Hudson Valley Prison On Lockdown After 24 Hours Of Violence A Hudson Valley correctional facility is on lockdown following 24 hours of violence.  The Dutchess County facility, Green Haven Correctional, located in Stormville, was placed on lockdown after the violent 24 hours on Wednesday, Oct.. 4, said Daniel Martuscello, Acting Commissioner of the State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Martuscello said the facility will be locked down and undergo a full facility search, going from cell to cell. While most of the violence has involved incarcerated against incarcerated, staff members have also been assaulted; including a corr…