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Inmates Assault Tecumseh Prison Staffers

By John Nixon / Associated Press

03/16/2017

Tecumseh State Prison

(KLZA)-- Two staff members at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution required outside medical attention following an attack by inmates Wednesday afternoon.

Inmates assaulted four staff members in housing unit 2B. As a result of the incident on March 2nd, housing unit 2AB was on modified operations. During an outbreak of violence on March 2nd, two inmates were killed and others injured. No prison staff members were injured that day.

Immediately prior to the assaults Wednesday, four inmates had been allowed out of their cells; some for the purpose of cleaning after their cells had been flooded and others for their meal. The cause of the flooding was from toilets that had been plugged. Unit 2B houses 43 inmates.

According to a release from the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, staff who were assaulted and staff who responded Wednesday used physical force to stop the assaults and subdue the inmates. Those inmates involved in the assaults and others on the unit made threats regarding additional assaults as they were demanding to be let out of their cells.

Housing unit 2A remains on modified operations as a result of the March 2nd incident. Housing unit 2A’s level of movement will not be reduced as result of the Wednesday assaults. The remainder of TSCI is under normal operations.

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