An inmate has died after a reported struggle at a remedy heart for intercourse offenders, in response to state businesses who’re investigating one other Division of Correction incident.
This incarcerated particular person’s demise comes within the wake of inmates attacking correction officers earlier in September, sparking extra requires security measures in Bay State prisons.
The inmate demise incident occurred on the Massachusetts Therapy Middle in Bridgewater — the place employees Sunday morning responded to a report of a struggle involving two inmates.
A 34-year-old inmate was discovered unresponsive and affected by wounds brought on by a doable assault, a spokesperson for the Division of Correction stated in an announcement. Workers instantly administered medical support.
The inmate was taken by ambulance to a close-by hospital, the place he was pronounced useless.
“The Massachusetts Department of Correction, Massachusetts State Police and the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the death of an incarcerated individual at the Massachusetts Treatment Center in Bridgewater,” the DOC spokesperson stated.
“The preliminary investigation indicates another incarcerated individual was allegedly involved in the assault involving a closed fist,” the spokesperson added.
The identify of the useless inmate was not instantly launched.
The Massachusetts Therapy Middle is a medium safety facility individually housing criminally sentenced male inmates recognized as intercourse offenders, and those that have been civilly dedicated as sexually harmful individuals.
This newest incident comes lower than two weeks after the inmate assault of correction officers at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Middle. The video from the maximum-security jail exhibits a correction officer getting attacked from behind by an inmate who was seen ready by a cell.
One of many officers was stabbed 12 instances within the beautiful assault. 5 officers have been injured within the assault, together with one who suffered a punctured lung.
The Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union has been sounding the alarm about violence in prisons, warning about unsafe circumstances for officers and inmates.
DOC has stated it’s been conducting a full safety evaluation of Souza-Baranowski, together with analyzing operational search procedures, the efficient use of specialised models, and the origins of manufactured weapons.
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