(AP) – The Arkansas Department of Correction confirms that two
guards and an inmate were attacked at a maximum security prison last month,
prompting a guard to fire three warning shots into the air.The department says it wasn’t notified of the situation until it was reported
by the Arkansas Times on Monday. Department spokesman Solomon Graves says the
Arkansas State Police is investigating the July 22 incident and will present
their findings to the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney’s office.The incident occurred in in a solitary confinement area at the Maximum
Security Unit in Tucker when at least two inmates escaped their single-man
cells. Another inmate was stabbed after his cell was breached.
guards and an inmate were attacked at a maximum security prison last month,
prompting a guard to fire three warning shots into the air.The department says it wasn’t notified of the situation until it was reported
by the Arkansas Times on Monday. Department spokesman Solomon Graves says the
Arkansas State Police is investigating the July 22 incident and will present
their findings to the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney’s office.The incident occurred in in a solitary confinement area at the Maximum
Security Unit in Tucker when at least two inmates escaped their single-man
cells. Another inmate was stabbed after his cell was breached.
Graves says the warning shots were fired when two corrections officers were
assaulted after trying to handcuff an inmate and stop another two from escaping.
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