By Timia Cobb
syracuse.com
ROMULUS, N.Y. — Two officers at Five Points Correctional Facility in Seneca County were injured last month after they attempted to restrain an inmate who was damaging property, officials with the officers’ union said.
The two injured officers were assisted by medical staff at the prison after the incident, according to James Miller, a spokesperson for the NYS Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association. The inmate was restrained and also evaluated after the incident, he said.
On Aug. 22, an officer was making rounds at the prison when they heard banging and yelling coming from the hospital cells, according to Miller. The officer later found an inmate on a hospital bed ripping out electrical wires and destroying the fire alarm on the ceiling, Miller said.
The officer told the inmate to stop several times before calling for a secondary staff response and having another officer arrive at the cell, he said.
As one officer entered the cell, Miller said the inmate jumped off the hospital bed and hit the officer in the face while holding a padlock in their hand.
Another officer then entered the cell to help, he said, allowing both officers to put the inmate in a body hold and force them to the floor.
The officers then used force to confiscate the padlock after the inmate refused to let it go, Miller said. They were able to put the inmate in handcuffs and they were evaluated.
The officer who entered the cell first sustained pain and swelling to his face, a laceration to his ear and elbow and wrist pain, he said. The other officer’s elbow was injured. Both officers were treated and remained on duty, he said.
The inmate is currently serving a one-to-four-year sentence for a 2024 conviction in Oneida County for attempting to make terroristic threats, according to Miller.
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