2 Corrections Officers Injured During Incident At Prison In Suffield

SUFFIELD, CT — A pair of employees at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield were injured Wednesday morning when an inmate armed with a sharpened piece of metal became combative, according to the DOC Office of Public Information.

The incident took place around 7:40 a.m., when the unidentified inmate refused to return to his cell. While correction officers attempted to apply wrist restraints, the inmate attempted to strike responding staff members, who discovered he had a makeshift weapon in the form of a sharpened piece of metal in one hand, of which staff members quickly took control, according to the DOC.

The inmate was placed in the facility’s Restrictive Housing Unit. A lieutenant and a correction officer sustained minor injuries, and were treated by onsite medical staff, according to the DOC.

Investigations into the incident are being conducted by Connecticut State Police and the Department of Correction.