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| Shirley prison remains on lockdown |
| By nashobapublishing.com - Grant Welker |
| Published: 06/29/2012 |
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SHIRLEY, MA -- The Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center remained in lockdown Tuesday as officials investigated an incident Monday in which several correction officers were injured, including one who was stabbed in the neck. No visits to the prison were being allowed until further notice, according to an automated message on the prison's phone system. The incident was being investigated by the state Department of Corrections and the Worcester County district attorney. The number of correction officers injured was in dispute, although all but one were said to be out of the hospital. The state Department of Corrections said seven officers were injured, and the officers' union, the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union, said eight were hurt. The officer who remained hospitalized was in stable condition after undergoing surgery to remove a homemade metal shank from the back of his neck, union President Brian Jansen said. An inmate suspected in the stabbing was in custody, said Diane Wiffin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections. The prison, which at the start of 2011 had more than 1,200 inmates, is probably the most dangerous in the state for officers, Jansen said. Monday's incident brings the total number of officers assaulted this year at Souza-Baranowski to 25, he said. Read More. |
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