New York state prison placed on lockdown

New York state prison placed on lockdown after inmates take over, injure three corrections officers
A New York state prison was placed on lockdown after inmates took over and injured three guards, just days after staffing shortage concerns were raised.
Prison in western New York locked down after inmates took over dorms
State corrections officials told the Albany Times-Union that staff at Collins Correctional Facility, south of Buffalo, found an inmate with contraband cell phones early Wednesday. When force was used to get the phones, inmates became agitated and staff left the dorm after encountering “various potential threats”.
NY prison still on lockdown as guards retake control of dorms from inmates, search cell blocks
An upstate prison was still locked down Thursday after guards retook control of three dorms following an inmate uprising sparked when a corrections officer seized one prisoner’s illegal cellphones. Prisoners at the Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County captured three dorms just after midnight Wednesday and held them for several hours until emergency response teams and other officers could retake them,
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