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| CO dies in Chino attack |
| By Sacramento Bee |
| Published: 01/17/2005 |
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A correctional officer at the California Institution for Men in Chino was stabbed to death Monday by a maximum-security inmate who was being housed in a medium-security prison. Manuel A. Gonzalez, 43, a 16-year Department of Corrections veteran, was attacked from behind at 10:50 a.m. and stabbed multiple times. Survived by a wife and five children, Gonzalez was the first Department of Corrections officer killed in the line of duty since 1985. A California Youth Authority officer was slain in 1996 at the Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility in Chino. Corrections officials identified the suspect as Jon Christopher Blaylock, 35, of Los Angeles. Blaylock was serving a 75-years-to-life sentence for attempted murder of a peace officer, according to corrections records. With two convictions for second-degree robbery, Blaylock was a "three-strikes" offender, which qualified him for maximum-security confinement. But seven months after he was received from Los Angeles County, Blaylock was still in the medium-security reception center in Chino, corrections officials said. Inmates normally are held in reception centers for three months before they are transferred to permanent prison housing. Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said the department had difficulty finding a permanent placement for Blaylock because he had mental health issues. Officials in the California Correctional Peace Officers Association expressed outrage over Gonzalez's death, saying it could have been prevented if the department had moved faster to distribute protective vests to all line officers. Correctional agency spokesman J.P. Tremblay said the department is "trying to get the vests distributed." |
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