Officer Stabbed By Inmate At California State Prison, Sacramento
REPRESA (CBS13) - Authorities say four correctional officers at California State Prison, Sacramento were injured after an inmate attacked them Tuesday morning.
The incident happened a little after 9:30 a.m. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, inmate Maurice Miles first punched an officer who was trying to get him to go into his cell.
More officers rushed in to help. Three more officers were hurt during the ensuing struggle: one officer was stabbed in the arm and shoulder by an inmate-made weapon, another officer was head-butted, while another officer suffered a fractured right wrist.
Officers had to use baton strikes and physical force to subdue Miles.
The four injured officers have been taken to the hospital to be evaluated and treated.
Miles has been at the prison since August 2012 on a six-year sentence for possession of a firearm.
An inmate was shot by a correctional officer at CSP-Sacramento on Monday, but authorities say there is no indication Miles' attack is related to the incident.