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The policy change kicked-in earlier this year and puts restrictions on who and how long individuals can be sent to single incarceration units.

There are calls for lockdown at one upstate New York prison and a reversal of state policy as record violence continues at facilities statewide.

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.

The Vice President of NYSCOPBA, the union representing many of Upstate New York's correctional officers, is blasting state representatives following injuries to several COs after two separate incidents upstate this week.

Five corrections officers at the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy were injured after they entered an inmate’s cell who appeared to be attempting suicide.

News of another attack on a correctional officer at a Central New York prison has a local state senator asking state officials what is being done to protect them.

Another attack on a correctional officer a Mohawk Valley state prison resulted in a back injury and cracked tooth, according to the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association.

"We believe there is a direct correlation between the reduction of disciplinary procedures within our facilities and the rise in prison violence,"

Hluska says the inmates get moved to remaining prisons based on classification - medium, maximum and minimum security. The prison guards, however, face a less certain future.

Several Correctional Officers were injured as a result of an attack by an inmate at Mohawk Correctional Facility.

A female corrections officer at Mid-State Prison in Marcy sustained serious injuries following a violent attack by an inmate.

Instances of violence against Correctional Officers in New York State prisons are unfortunately becoming routine. Nine officers were injured in four separate incidents at the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy.