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| Inmates stab three prison officers |
| By Santa Maria Times |
| Published: 10/16/2003 |
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Three California correctional officers at the U.S. Penitentiary in Lompoc were in stable condition Wednesday night at Lompoc Hospital after being stabbed by inmates, according to penitentiary spokesman Joe Henderson. In a statement released just hours after the stabbings, Warden Al Herrera said two inmates assaulted the correctional officers as the officers were trying to put the inmates in their cells in the prison's Special Housing Unit. He said the officers suffered "puncture wounds" but did not elaborate on the severity of their injuries. The penitentiary was then locked down until the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and the FBI can investigate the event, he added. One public safety official said the correctional officers suffered stab wounds to the abdomen and were listed in stable condition. However, wounds to the abdomen are considered serious due to the threat of infection, he added. Emergency units from Santa Barbara County, Vandenberg Air Force Base and the Lompoc Fire Department, as well as at least three ambulances, were dispatched at 5:12 p.m. Wednesday to the penitentiary in the 3900 block of Klein Boulevard, according to Battalion Chief Woody Enos of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. Firefighters and paramedics were at the prison for 15 minutes and were originally told that they would be taking four people to the hospital, Enos said. Wednesday's stabbings come on the heels of a June 1 melee at the penitentiary in which at least eight correctional workers and one inmate were injured after a group of inmates refused to follow the orders of officers. None of those injuries were life-threatening, according to a statement released by Herrera several days after the incident. The prison officers' union has disputed the warden's account, claiming that more than eight officers were hurt. |
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