COLLINS, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Collins Correctional Facility inmate was killed on Tuesday night following an incident with another inmate. This is the second inmate killed inside a Western New York prison in less than a week.
According to the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, an altercation between two inmates happened on July 21. One of the two inmates died.
New York State police are assisting with the case and said that the incident occurred in a Residential Rehabilitation Unit. The victim, who police have identified as 34-year-old Jose R. Aponte, was transported to Bertrand Chaffee Hospital and pronounced dead after life-saving measures were taken.
Police said the NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Office of Special Investigations is assisting and the NYS Attorney General’s Office was notified and responded to the scene.
On Friday, an Attica Correctional Facility inmate was killed, and another was hospitalized, after a group of inmates attacked another group of inmates.
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