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Two officers stabbed at Fla. prison
By Associated Press
Published: 05/27/2004

Two officers at the Perry Correctional Institution near Pelzer, Fla., have been stabbed as they tried to remove an inmate from his cell for a shower, prison officials say.
The officers were taken to a hospital and were in stable condition Wednesday, a statement by the Corrections Department said. Their names were not released.
The inmate, Travis Chavis, 23, is serving a 16-year sentence from Clarendon County for taking hostages by inmates, criminal conspiracy, carrying a prohibited weapon, assault and battery with intent to kill, kidnapping, escape, grand larceny and receiving stolen property, the agency said.
Chavis began his sentence in 1999, records show.
Perry is a high-security prison designed primarily to house violent offenders with longer sentences.
The inmate was being removed from his cell for his shower at about 2:20 p.m. Wednesday when he "lunged through the door and began to stab the correctional officers," the statement said.
Officials would not say what kind of weapon was used.


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