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Rikers Island Officer Slashed by Inmate With Scalpel Blade: Guard Union Head
By nbcnewyork.com
Published: 08/08/2016

An officer on Rikers Island suffered a bloody injury after he was slashed by an inmate with a scalpel blade Sunday morning, according to the Department of Corrections and the head of New York City's jail guard union.

After serving inmate Matthew Whittington his morning meal, the officer went to retrieve the meal tray around 6:40 a.m. when Whittington exited this cell without permission, according to the corrections department and Correction Officers' Benevolent Association President Elias Husamudeen.

Whittington began punching the officer's face and body, according to Husamudeen. A second officer came, who was also attacked by the inmate.

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