Aubertine says more inmates, correction officers coming to Ogdensburg

OGDENSBURG — State Sen. Darrel J. Aubertine visited members of the union representing Ogdensburg Correctional Facility to quell concerns about the prison’s dropping inmate population.

Just seconds into his talk, Sen. Aubertine’s phone rang. When he hung up after a few minutes of listening, he told the roughly 20 attendees that it was Brian Fischer, commissioner of the state Department of Correctional Services, with promises to bring more corrections officers and 150 more inmates to the prison in the next few months.

“The commissioner just assured me that the numbers are going to go back up,” Sen. Aubertine said.

A representative at the Department of Correctional Services could not be reached for comment.