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| RCI officer assaulted |
| By Hagerstown Morning Herald |
| Published: 07/25/2005 |
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After a second Roxbury Correctional Institution officer was attacked by an inmate in two weeks, a state delegate said Maryland's correction commissioner and understaffing under his watch are to blame. Division of Correction Commissioner Frank C. Sizer Jr. "should be held personally responsible" for the latest RCI assault, the last RCI assault and any future assault, Del. Christopher B. Shank, R-Washington, said last Thursday. Last Thursday afternoon, an RCI inmate being escorted from the prison yard struck a male correctional officer in the face, according to George Gregory, a Division of Correction spokesman. On July 7, an inmate grabbed a female correctional officer around the neck, threw her to the ground and climbed on top of her in an attempt to sexually assault her, according to media accounts confirmed by a Division of Correction spokeswoman. The officer reported that she kicked and screamed until the inmate ran away. RCI and Maryland Correctional Institution-Hagerstown, part of the three-prison complex south of Hagerstown, are "substantially understaffed," Shank said last Thursday night. He said he was awaiting information about the third prison there, Maryland Correctional Training Center, before scheduling a meeting to go over staffing holes that need to be filled immediately. Shank said the meeting will be with officials at the Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services, which includes the Division of Correction. "Time is of the essence," he said. "We can no longer wait for this situation to be rectified." Shank said people called him shortly after last Thursday's attacks. "It's grounds for severe action," he said. "I am furious with the leadership of the DOC." Shank's comments came too late last Thursday night for The Herald-Mail to ask Sizer or the Division of Correction to respond. |
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