{"id":8601,"date":"2026-03-23T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=8601"},"modified":"2026-04-02T08:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:10:30","slug":"pef-in-the-news-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-44-no-3\/pef-in-the-news-march\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF in the News: Drone delivering contraband seized at Marcy CF"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8603\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8603\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8603\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/PEFintheNews-Drone.jpg\" alt=\"Police seized the contraband and drone shown above after an incident on Sunday, March 14 at the Marcy Correctional Facility. (Photo provided by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision)\" width=\"400\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/PEFintheNews-Drone.jpg 400w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/PEFintheNews-Drone-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police seized the contraband and drone shown above after an incident on Sunday, March 14 at the Marcy Correctional Facility. (Photo provided by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Drone with contraband seized at Marcy Correctional Facility<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cDrone-delivered contraband is a dangerous and rapidly evolving threat inside our correctional facilities,\u201d PEF President Wayne Spence was quoted as saying in various news reports about a drone that was seized after dropping two eight-inch knives and other contraband behind the walls of Marcy Correctional Facility in Utica on March 14. \u201cWhen drugs, weapons, or toxic substances make their way behind the walls, it puts everyone at risk \u2014 including the civilian workforce that keeps these facilities operating every day.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The drone was recovered by facility staff and no harm was done \u2013 this time.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(Read more at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.localsyr.com\/news\/local-news\/drone-with-contraband-seized-at-marcy-correctional-facility\/amp\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">LocalSyr.com<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs6albany.com\/news\/local\/new-york-prison-officials-seize-contraband-drone-near-marcy-facility-urge-tighter-laws-marcy-correctional-facility-doccs-new-york-state-police-daniel-f-martuscello-iii-contract-management-carisa-guild-employees-federation-president-wayne-spence-cbs6-wrgb\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">CBS 6 WRGB-Albany<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnyhomepage.com\/news\/drone-with-contraband-seized-at-marcy-correctional-facility\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">CNY Homepage<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drone with contraband seized at Marcy Correctional Facility\u00a0 \u201cDrone-delivered contraband is a dangerous and rapidly evolving threat inside our correctional facilities,\u201d PEF President Wayne Spence was quoted as saying in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-8601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-44-no-3"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - 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