(AP) – Arkansas State Police say a state prison guard was
stabbed by an inmate at the East Arkansas Regional Unit in Brickeys.Trooper Liz Chapman said in an email Sunday that state police are
investigating after an inmate used a homemade weapon to stab the guard “an
unknown amount of times” from behind on Friday. Arkansas Department of
Correction spokesman Solomon Graves said in an email that the officer was
treated at a hospital for minor lacerations and released.
stabbed by an inmate at the East Arkansas Regional Unit in Brickeys.Trooper Liz Chapman said in an email Sunday that state police are
investigating after an inmate used a homemade weapon to stab the guard “an
unknown amount of times” from behind on Friday. Arkansas Department of
Correction spokesman Solomon Graves said in an email that the officer was
treated at a hospital for minor lacerations and released.
The names of the guard and the inmate and a suspected motive for the attack
were not released.
The prison holds minimum to maximum security inmates and is located in
Brickeys in eastern Arkansas, about 95 miles east of Little Rock.
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