GLENHAM – Two officers at Downstate Correctional Facility in Fishkill sustained injuries during an incident at the prison on Wednesday.
The extent of the injuries and the nature of the incident could not be immediately learned.
“While DOCCS cannot comment on an ongoing investigation, the department has zero tolerance for violence of any kind in its facilities,” said Thomas Mailey, the spokesman for the Department of Correctional and Community Services. “Anyone found to have committed a crime inside a DOCCS facility will be held accountable and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
