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| Officer Attacked; San Quentin Locked Down |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 01/26/2006 |
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A death row inmate slashed a correctional officer at San Quentin State Prison on Wednesday, prompting a lockdown of the entire prison, authorities said. Inmate Richard Penunuri, 27, slashed the officer's lower left arm with a homemade razor-like weapon when the officer was removing the inmate's handcuffs in his cell around 10:45 a.m., said Terry Thornton, spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. "When the officer uncuffed one hand, the inmate spun around and slashed him," Thornton said. The inmate then flushed the weapon down the toilet, she said. The officer, who has not been identified, was taken to a Marin County hospital where he received more than 30 stitches to seal a gash that went "nearly down to the bone," Thornton said. Inmates were confined to their cells while prison officials investigated the incident. The lockdown was expected to last until Wednesday night. Penunuri, who was condemned to death in 2001 in Los Angeles County for killing two people and ordering a hit on a witness at his trial, was housed in the prison's adjustment center for inmates with a history of disciplinary problems, Thornton said. |
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