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| Union: Attack on guard a planned hit |
| By thesouthern.com |
| Published: 06/07/2012 |
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CHESTER, ILL - A violent assault Sunday on an employee of Menard Correctional Center was “a planned hit,” the president of the Menard employees’ union told The Southern on Wednesday. He said such attacks prove the need for the super-maximum prison at Tamms “to geographically remove inmates from facilities where they committed violent acts and secure them where they can’t … Tamms is an effective tool and it must be there. It saves lives.” Kevin Hirsch, president of Local 1175 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said two inmates simultaneously attacked a correctional officer, causing numerous injuries to the worker. The two inmates have been transferred to Tamms Correctional Center, the supermax prison that was built to segregate dangerous inmates, Hirsch said. Department of Corrections spokesmen have acknowledged that an attack occurred Sunday, but gave no details other than announcing the prison is on a level 1 lockdown after the incident. A DOC spokeswoman said they would release no further information on the incident. “One of the attackers was in possession of a shank or sharpened metal rod fashioned into a weapon, but fortunately was unable to use it,” Hirsch said. Read More. |
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