inmate assaults

Authorities say the fight stemmed from a dispute over a saltshaker.

Officials representing the union outline latest incident amid record year of violence.

The union representing New York prison guards have released information on two recent incidents at Mohawk Correctional Facility, including one that involved an attack on a CO.

In a statement on the attacks, a union officials calls out state lawmakers saying until they 'wake up' guards will continue to have bullseyes on their backs.

A man who was just sentenced earlier this week in the so called Utica barbershop murder is set to face new charges after he allegedly assaulted a corrections officer at the Oneida County Jail.

Three prison guards at Marcy Correctional Facility were injured this month in two separate attacks inside the facility.