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| Prison officer recovering from wounds after attack by Parchman inmate |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 08/30/2004 |
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A prison officer at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman was stabbed and severely beaten Aug. 18 by an inmate in a shower, Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps said last Friday. Epps said a preliminary investigation showed the officer did not follow procedures and policies in checking the inmate's clothes before taking him to the shower. Epps said the inmate had hidden the makeshift knife that he used to attack the officer. Epps declined to identify the officer or the inmate. The incident occurred in the maximum security unit. Epps said, in watching the videotape of the incident, the officer was attacked from behind after calling for another officer to open the shower door. He said the officer was stabbed in the shoulder and had a cut on his hand but none of the wounds were life threatening. He said the inmate also kicked the officer in the head several times. Epps said the investigation was continuing. |
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