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Fight at Coxsackie Correctional Facility sends five COs to hospital
Andrea Macko reports in Porcupine Soup that two sergeants and three officers were transported to Albany Medical Center for treatment after a June 27 fight between two inmates at Coxsackie Correctional Facility in Greene County. The only information about the incident comes from the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association. The union describes a fight between two prisoners, with the correction officers getting hurt trying to break up the dispute. The union did not report that the prisoners needed to be hospitalized. Chris Moreau, the union's Mid-Hudson Region vice president, said, “Sending two sergeants and three officers to the hospital with injuries from the attack clearly shows the level of violence that occurred on Tuesday. Thankfully, the sergeant only sustained a small puncture wound from the stabbing and no other staff were seriously injured." Read more about this story in Porcupine Soup.