>Users:   login   |  register       > email     > people    


Several Injured In Fight At SC Correctional Facility
By theitem.com
Published: 11/09/2010

BISHOPVILLE - Three corrections officers and four inmates were taken to area hospitals for injuries after a fight broke out at the Lee Correctional Institution on Monday morning, according to a corrections department official.

At least one officer and one inmate suffered stab wounds said Josh Gelinas, spokesman for the South Carolina Department of Corrections.

Gelinas said the three correction officers and four inmates all suffered non life-threatening injuries. Gelinas said Monday afternoon that the three officers were treated and released from the hospital. Gelinas added that the inmates' injuries were inflicted by other inmates and not by the correction officers who broke up the fight.

Gelinas explained the incident occurred when a fight broke out at the Chesterfield Dormitory, and the three correctionx officers were injured while working to control the inmates.

Read More.





Comments:

No comments have been posted for this article.


Login to let us know what you think

User Name:   

Password:       


Forgot password?





correctsource logo




Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of The Corrections Connection User Agreement
The Corrections Connection ©. Copyright 1996 - 2025 © . All Rights Reserved | 15 Mill Wharf Plaza Scituate Mass. 02066 (617) 471 4445 Fax: (617) 608 9015