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One thing that remains the same during the course of the COVID-19 Pandemic is the amount of drugs being smuggled into New York State Prisons.

Just because the prisons are riddled with COVID-19 cases doesn't mean the usual difficulties for Correctional Officers cease.

A New York State Correctional Officer was told to remove his "Keep America Great Trump 2020" banner from his truck while parked in an employee parking lot.

While visitation to nursing homes and some hospitals is still suspended, New York State is allowing inmate visitation at its prisons.

NYSCOPBA representative Bryan Hluska says over the past two months several packages were received in the mail containing synthetic marijuana and Suboxone.

Multiple State Correctional Officers are recovering from injuries sustained in two separate attacks at the Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy.

Multiple makeshift weapons were discovered by Correctional Officers following a series of inmate on inmate fights that broke out Sunday afternoon at Mohawk Correctional Facility.

NYSCOPBA Central Region VP Bryan Hluska confirmed 18 cases at the Marcy Correctional Facility.

The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has responded to concerns from union members over COVID-19 in the prison system.

Concerns over the spread of COVID-19 in the New York State Prison System continue to rise. The President of the New York State Correctional Officers Police Benevolent Association has tested positive for COVID-19.

Oscar winning movie producer Harvey Weinstein, who was convicted of sexual assault and recently tested positive for COVID-19, stopped at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Marcy, NY for a short period last week, according to corrections union officials.

There is a growing fear among local Correctional Officers that a lack of attention and preparedness in the New York State Prison System could result in an increased spread of COVID-19.