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Fishkill, NY
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Corrections Staff Sound Alarm After Officers Given Narcan In Prison Drug Exposures In Fishkill
Correction officers are demanding action after multiple staff and inmates were hospitalized from exposure to unknown substances at a Hudson Valley prison. According to the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association, thirteen staff members and six inmates were treated at Fishkill Correctional Facility on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 15 and 16. The union said three officers and one nurse needed Narcan to reverse their symptoms. The association said the incidents are part of a growing crisis inside state prisons, where both sworn and civilian staff have e…
Albany, NY
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Early-Morning Wall Collapse At Albany Jail Forces Inmate Relocation
Inmates at the Albany County jail were temporarily relocated after a massive section of the jail’s exterior wall collapsed. The incident happened around 3 a.m. Thursday, June 12, when a portion of the jail’s brick facade—measuring approximately 8 feet by 100 feet—detached from the building, according to Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple. Photos shared by Apple on Facebook show piles of fallen red bricks lining the grass along the building's exterior. Though the compromised area was not accessible to inmates, officials opted to move them as a precaution while engineers and construction team…
Lower Paxton, PA
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Fellow Inmate Charged In Dad's Death In Dauphin County Prison
The cause of death of a Pennsylvania father and inmate has been revealed and new charges have been filed, the Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo announced on Tuesday. Michael Howard Butler II, 37 of Gratz, died following a "medical emergency" in his bunk in the Dauphin County Prison at 10:22 p.m. on Jan. 17, 2024, as Daily Voice previously reported. It is now known that the emergency was caused by a fentanyl overdose from what Richard Leonard Weikel thought was heroin which he had smuggled into the prison in his shoe, the DA explained in the release on March 26.&n…
Bridgeport, CT
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Female Prison Guard Assaulted At Bridgeport Correctional
A prison guard was injured during an assault by an inmate at the Bridgeport Correctional Center. The assault took place in Bridgeport on Wednesday, Aug. 2 when the prisoners grabbed the officer as she conducted routine duties. During the attack, the guard was pushed into a metal storage bin and struck repeatedly, said Ashley McCarthy, director of External Affairs for the Connecticut Department of Corrections. The guard required treatment at a local hospital and is currently at home recovering from her injuries, McCarthy added. "We are deeply troubled a person in our custody injured one of…
Frederick, MD
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Detention Center Evacuated Due To Gas Leak In MD; Inmates Returned To Custody
Inmates and visitors at a Maryland detention center had to be evacuated on Sunday morning when there was a gas leak reported that lasted several hours. At approximately 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 21, visitors at the Frederick County Adult Detention Center made complaints about a. gas smell in the visitation area of the facility, prompting an evacuation of the area. According to the Frederick County Sherif’s Office, the room was immediately evacuated and all inmates from several housing facility were also taken out of the building to allow for an investigation. Inmates were brought to a separate…
Kingston, NY
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Covid-
19: Some Inmates Quarantine After Testing Positive At Ulster County Jail
Three of 168 inmates at Ulster County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19. The three infected inmates have been quarantined from the general prison population as of Tuesday, Dec. 8, according to Sheriff Juan Figueroa. The entire prison population and staff will reportedly undergo testing. Now, inmates will reportedly also have to wear protective surgical masks. Figueroa said that corrections officers have been required to wear them for several months. All in-person visitation has been halted at the facility, but Figueroa said that inmates are being given free video call…
