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| Jessup prison on lockdown after inmate death |
| By Baltimore Sun |
| Published: 05/27/2005 |
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Maryland's prisons chief ordered a Jessup prison put on lockdown Thursday after the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old inmate -- the latest in a series of violent assaults at the facility, including another fatal stabbing this year. A lockdown means that the 1,200 inmates housed at the Maryland House of Correction Annex were largely confined to their cells and denied most privileges as authorities searched the prison for more hidden weapons. Commissioner of Correction Frank C. Sizer Jr. said the Annex would remain on lockdown status indefinitely. "Before we open it up again, we are going to have to have a better feel for what's going on out there, because we have an obligation to protect not only staff, but inmates as well," he said. The stabbed inmate was serving a 30-year sentence for murder, attempted murder and weapons violations, according to George Gregory, a spokesman for the Division of Correction. He would not identify the inmate Thursday, saying state officials had not yet been able to contact the victim's relatives. The stabbing occurred about 10 a.m. in the prison's exercise yard, Gregory said. About 300 to 400 inmates were in the yard at the time, he said. A correctional officer learned of the assault when the inmate staggered up to him, clutching his stomach where he had been stabbed, according to Gregory. He was flown to Maryland Shock Trauma Center where he died at 12:42 p.m., Gregory said. The correction spokesman said that no weapon had been recovered or suspects identified as of late Thursday and that officials did not know what led to the stabbing. |
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