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Staff not hurt at Riverview prison emergency
NEWS has confirmed a heavy emergency response has been called in to Riverview Correctional Facility near Ogdensburg due to an ...
Inmates takeover another New York prison, all visits canceled day after Gov. Hochul deploys National Guard
Dozens of correctional facilities canceled prison visits one day after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order to provide National Guard members to provide extra security.
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Prison system changes solitary confinement; Staff won’t be disciplined if they return to work
Regulations that restrict use of solitary confinement are being temporarily suspended in the wake of prison strikes and ...
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Inmates take over: What happened at Riverview?
Around midnight Thursday morning, tensions escalated between inmates and corrections officers. Prison staff decided conditions were unsafe and pulled staff back into a visitors ar ...
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Unrest in Ogdensburg, Malone prisons as officers and advocates trade blame
Riverview and Bare Hill prisons experienced unrest Wednesday night and Thursday morning as corrections officers continue to ...
Inmates briefly stage uprising at Riverview Correctional Facility in Ogdensburg, NY
The Albany Times Union reported that corrections officers had to retreat from inmate dorms at Riverview Correctional Facility ...
Gray urges Hochul to suspend HALT Act for 30 days
Following an inmate uprising at Riverview Correctional Facility Thursday, Assemblyman Scott Gray, R-Watertown, has called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to suspend the HALT Act for a month in an effort to ...
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Wives take the line to support corrections officers
While tensions seemed to have cooled inside Riverview Correctional Facility in Ogdensburg, nearby a crowd of protesters ...