Brawl in Dannemora Prison

Several correction officers and inmates were injured during an 18-man brawl at Clinton Correctional Facility Tuesday night. Within a few hours, staff covering the north yard of the facility had to break up three fights between inmates, the last of which left five officers and more than a dozen inmates injured. About two hours later, another fight erupted, this time involving about 18 inmates. When they were ordered to stop, 16 inmates stepped away from the violence. But as the last two inmates continued the fight and staff tried to break up the assault, two officers were sliced with a metal shank. Among the inmates at the prison are Ralph "Bucky" Phillips, and former Portville teacher and Boy Scout leader James Molyneaux, who molested 2 young boys.