Counselor and Inmate Stabbed at Non-public Jail in Indiana
NEW CASTLE, Ind. (AP) — A feminine psychological well being counselor and a male inmate have been stabbed by one other inmate throughout an assault at a personal jail in japanese Indiana, authorities mentioned.
The counselor was conducting a gaggle session round 9:40 a.m. Friday with eight male inmates on the New Citadel Correctional Facility when one of many inmates started stabbing her neck and throat space with a pointed steel object, state police mentioned.
As different inmates tried to cease the assault, one was stabbed within the chest.
The injuries suffered by the counselor and the inmate weren’t thought-about life threatening, state police mentioned.
The reason for the assault was not instantly identified.
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New Citadel is about 48 miles (77 kilometers) east of Indianapolis.
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