OGDENSBURG – Officers recovered over 50 makeshift weapons from Riverview Correctional Facility after officers conducted a week long search last month at the medium security correctional facility after there was an attempted inmate slashing at the prison, according to a press release from the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association, Inc..

On Tuesday, Feb., 14 an officer began to search inmate’s cubes after an attempted slashing of an inmate by another inmate. Initially, the officer began to search the common areas of the dorms and found multiple weapons that were hidden inside the walls that separated the inmate cubes. The weapons were hidden up inside the walls from the bottom of the dorm floors, the release reports.

After recovering the first set of makeshift weapons, staff began to search the facility dorms, inmate living cubes and common areas of the dorms. In all, staff recovered 57 makeshift weapons. The weapons consisted of sharpened tooth brushes, plexiglass sharpened on one end, razor blades and metal type cutting weapons.

The search concluded on Tuesday, February 21. The weapons were all seized as evidence.

Several inmates were also found to have weapons hidden on their bodies during the searches. The weapons were seized from the inmates and they face disciplinary charges as a result.