FISHKILL – For the second time in
a matter of days, an inmate at one of the region’s state prisons
is dead.
James Miller, the spokesman for the New York State Corrections Officers
PBA confirmed to MidHudsonNews.com on Thursday that a prisoner at Fishkill
Correctional Facility died in the prison this week, either late Tuesday
or early Wednesday.
Two corrections officers were injured in an apparent scuffle and were
taken to a local hospital for treatment.
The circumstances surrounding the incident were unknown at this time.
On last Monday, April 13, an inmate at the Sullivan Correctional Facility
in Woodbourne attacked three officers, injuring them.
The prisoner, Karl Taylor, 52, died and the State Police are investigating
the nature of that incident.
