In this July 8, 2014 photograph, K-9 officer Blek, a two-year-old German Sheppard, and trainer/handler Sgt James Tunstall search for contraband around a storage area at the Marshall County Correctional Facility in Holly Springs, Miss. The K-9âs are used for detection only and are trained to sniff out drugs, narcotics and cell phones. "Having K-9's assist in searches helps in providing a safe environment for staff and inmates," states Ed Porter, Director of Security Operations, Region IV Corrections, Management and Training Corporation. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Stan Carroll)
In this July 8, 2014 photograph, K-9 officer Blek, a two-year-old German Sheppard, and trainer/handler Sgt James Tunstall search for contraband around a storage area at the Marshall County Correctional Facility in Holly Springs, Miss. The K-9âs are used for detection only and are trained to sniff out drugs, narcotics and cell phones. “Having K-9’s assist in searches helps in providing a safe environment for staff and inmates,” states Ed Porter, Director of Security Operations, Region IV Corrections, Management and Training Corporation. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Stan Carroll)
MERIDIAN, Mississippi (AP) — Two inmates could face charges after injuring three prison guards in a fight at East Mississippi Correctional Facility.
Issa Arnita, a spokesman for prison contractor Management & Training Corp., says three guards were moving a prisoner to solitary confinement Thursday when the fight began. After guards told the prisoner to gather his belongings, Arnita says the prisoner stabbed one officer in the back with a homemade knife.
As two officers used pepper spray to subdue that prisoner, another inmate stabbed a second officer in the back and arm. A third officer’s hand was cut.
The officers were treated and released from a Meridian hospital.
Lauderdale County Sheriff Billy Sollie said deputies are investigating, but declined Friday to release inmate names.
A 2013 lawsuit was filed over the prison’s conditions.
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