A correctional officer at California Correctional Institution (CCI) was injured in an attack by an inmate on Thursday, March 20.
Inmate Marquice Wallace attacked the officer with an inmate-manufactured weapon as the officer escorted the individual back to his assigned cell. The officer was struck in the neck with the weapon.
The officer sustained injuries and was taken to an outside medical facility for further treatment. The officer was released later and is OK.
Inmate Wallace was transferred to a different institution where he will be placed in a restricted housing unit.
Also, at CCI-Tehachapi, on the same day, in a non-associated incident, Inmate Justin Brown attacked and battered another correctional officer. Staff attacks are numerous in CDCR and often go unreported.
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