3 separate guard assaults at Northern

[wakeislander]

3 separate guard assaults at Northern

Updated: Friday, 18 Sep 2009, 3:56 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 18 Sep 2009, 3:24 PM EDT

Somers (WTNH) - Three separate assaults happened to three prison guards at Northern Correctional Institution Friday afternoon, according to the Department of Corrections.

Two of the guards assaulted needed medical attention.

The facility is still in lockdown at this hour as officials along with state police investigate how the incidents occurred.

None of the assaults appear to be connected.

[LP_T34]

I heard about this last night at our 'Family Night' at the academy. Anymore details ?

[wakeislander]

A source familiar with the attacks said the worst one occurred in what is called the "gang area" of the prison. A prison guard taking a prisoner to his cell was brutally attacked.
The source said that as the guard opened the cell door to let the inmate back in, his cellmate threw something at the guard, distracting him. The two inmates then jumped the guard and beat him until he was unconscious, the source said.