NBCI CORRECTIONAL OFFICER INJURED IN ASSAULT

A correctional officer at the North Branch Correctional Institution was hurt and taken to the hospital Tuesday evening after being assaulted by inmates. The officer reportedly suffered non-life-threatening injuries; the assault happened in an unspecified area of the maximum security prison. He received treatment at UPMC-Western Maryland. This incident comes on the heels of an incident Saturday, in which two prison employees were also take to the hospital, following an assault.