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Corrections officer injured at Cape Vincent prison
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDec. 19—CAPE VINCENT — A sergeant had to be taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries he sustained when a 44-year-old inmate tried to stab him with a pen at Cape Vincent Correctional Facility ...
New York prepared to close up to 5 prisons; Republicans decry move
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFeb. 3—ALBANY — New York's prison system has seen a precipitous drop in the number of people incarcerated and people working in the facilities, and up to five more campuses could close in the ...
State prisons plan lockdown for eclipse; six inmates sue to view event
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApr. 2—When the solar eclipse crosses upstate New York on Monday, darkness will fall over 23 state prisons from Western New York to the eastern north country. The people incarcerated at those ...
Jefferson County first responders honored at American Legion
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 24—WATERTOWN — For the first time since 2019 due to the pandemic, local law enforcement was honored at the 2023 American Legion Law and Order Awards. Two dispatchers were honored at Monday's ...
State police zone commander recalls Great Ice Storm of 1998; vol. 3
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 28—WATERTOWN — With his nearly 30 years in the New York state police, David J. Peters could tell you scores of stories involving that service. But tales about The Great Ice Storm of 1998 ...