Initial Assault Occurs at Lakeview Correctional Facility, Officers Injured Transporting Inmate to Attica
Brocton, NY – Ten officers were injured at Lakeview and Attica Correctional Facilities when a 23 year old inmate attacked staff initially at Lakeview and then injured officers during his transport to Attica last week.
Initially, staff were conducting rounds at Lakeview on Saturday, May 11 and observed the inmate inside his cell with a ceramic blade in his possession and indicating that he was going to hurt himself. Additional staff were called to the cell block and there were repeated attempts to get the inmate to exit the cell. All attempts failed and an extraction team responded to the cell. FULL PRESS RELEASE