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| Inmate accused of attacking prison officer |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/15/2004 |
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An inmate stabbed a prison officer with a sharpened 9-inch steel rod Wednesday at the maximum-security Green Haven Correctional Facility in Dutchess County (N.Y.), officials said. Corey Ford, 30, charged out of his open prison cell at the officer around 12:30 p.m., throwing a cup of hot liquid on him and stabbing him repeatedly, according to the Department of Correctional Services. The officer sounded a personal safety alarm, and three officers tackled Ford to the ground. The officer was treated for two stab wounds in the back and one in the left arm, as well as burns on the left side of his face, officials said. The injuries are not life-threatening. Ford was moved to disciplinary housing. Besides criminal charges, he could face a 23-hour-a-day confinement. Ford is serving a 12 1/2 to 25 years for convictions for second-degree attempted murder, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree bail jumping and second-degree kidnapping. There have been 143 inmate attacks on staff in New York state prisons in the first three months year, and 568 in all of last year. At Green Haven, which houses 2,068 inmates, there were 37 such assaults in 2003. |
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