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| CO, Iraq veteran in fatal stabbing |
| By CNN |
| Published: 08/26/2008 |
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CALIFORNIA - Jose Rivera survived two tours of duty in Iraq, but his job as a corrections officer at a high-security federal prison in California cost him his life. Two inmates using a homemade shank are accused of stabbing Rivera to death in June at the United States Penitentiary in Atwater, California. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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I am the father of the Correctional Officer mentioned in the story. (The officer who had his jaw shattered). My son works at USP-Atwater, was attacked by an inmate in Sep 07, had two surgeries, mouth wired shut, and was off work for about 6 months. Shortly after his attack, an officer at Atwater was held hostage, shortly after that, an attempted hostage situation where the inmate held a shank up against the throat of the officer, shortly after that several officers were assaulted, then the ultimate tradegy, Officer Rivera's murder. The writing was on the wall, and not enough is being done to protect our law enforcement officers that work at Federal Prisons. We have formed a grass roots effort to try and get the Federal Bureau of Prisons, to change their policies when it comes to stab-reistant vests, issuing non-lethal equipment, and minimum of 2 staff in housing units. Please check out our web site, and if you agree with our efforts, please become a member in our fight. Thank-You Co-Founder "Friends and Family of Correctional Officers" http://www.correctionalsafety.org