For clarification, medical reports indicate the corrections lieutenant was not stabbed, but received a minor cut above the eyelid during the assault. The lieutenant was treated for the injury and released from the hospital.  Â
ATMORE, Ala. – The Alabama ÐÔÊӽ紫ý of Corrections is investigating an assault on a corrections lieutenant that was reported today at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore.
The assault occurred inside the prison at about 1 p.m. when the lieutenant was attempting to control the inmate who was making threatening remarks to other corrections officers. The inmate assaulted the lieutenant with a makeshift weapon causing injury.
The lieutenant was transported to a local hospital where he was listed in stable condition. No other inmates or officers were involved in the incident.
Inmate Robert Washington, 27, is being charged with the assault. Washington is serving a 20-year sentence on a 2010 first-degree robbery conviction out of Montgomery County.
This is the second assault on a corrections official at the prison since September. Corrections Officer Kenneth Bettis was stabbed on Sept. 1. and later died of his injuries.
A Corrections Emergency Response Team (CERT) will remain at the facility to augment the prisonÐÔÊӽ紫ý security staff. The prison is locked down while ADOC investigates the incident.
Corrections officials are not releasing the lieutenantÐÔÊӽ紫ý name at this time.
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