Photos: Lincoln Correctional Center staff assaulted
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Nine staff members at the Lincoln Correctional Center were assaulted on Wednesday after prisoners refused to return to their housing units, according to the Department of Correctional Services.
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Inmates refusing to return to their cells assaulted nine staff members Wednesday evening at …
Rescue workers swarmed the medium/maximum security prison after a group of inmates refused to leave an isolated yard on the prison grounds and return to their cells shortly after 6 p.m., said prison spokeswoman Tammy Kluver. One inmate hit a staffer and others followed, assaulting several corrections officers and caseworkers before being restrained.
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