Bluffs Detective Arrested, Accused Of Assaulting Son
A staff member at the state prison in Tecumseh was taken to a hospital for treatment after an inmate attacked them.
The attack happened Tuesday as the corrections officer checked to make sure a door was locked, the state Department of Correctional Services said in a news release. The inmate punched the officer repeatedly and kneed the officer in the torso, officials said. Other staff members were able to restrain the inmate, and the injured officer was taken to a local hospital for injuries to his head and torso.
Department officials said the attack came just days after three inmates set their cells on fire at the prison and refused to leave. The fires were quickly extinguished, officials said, adding that no inmates were injured. Two staff members suffered minor injuries in the incident.
“Two of the inmates used homemade weapons,” state prisons director Scott Frakes said.
The disturbance and use of homemade weapons led prison officials to conduct extensive cell searches this week, he said.
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