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An inmate assaulted a corrections officer at SCI-Forest last week. Marienville-based state police say at about 1:30 on Friday afternoon the 35-year-old inmate cut the corrections officer with an unknown object. The cut required six stitches. Charges against the inmate are pending. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

An inmate stabbed two corrections officers at the state correctional institution in Forest County Saturday morning. State police in Marienville say the 22-year-old man used a sharpened piece of hard plastic to stab a 28-year-old and a 48-year-old officer at about 8:15 a.m. Both men were treated at Clarion Hospital, and then released. Police have not released the inmate’s named, but say aggravated assault charges are pending. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

An inmate at SCI-Forest in Marenville apparently hit another inmate in the head several times with a lock tied to a sock. The assault on the 50-year-old inmate happened this morning. State police haven’t released any other details yet. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

The daughter of a state prison inmate who was brutally murdered in his Forest County cell last year has filed a lawsuit saying the state Department of Corrections’ mishandling of mentally ill inmates is what caused her father’s death. 63-year-old Frederick Kirkland was wheelchair bound when he was placed in cell with 26-year-old Elwood Braswell at SCI-Forest in August of last year. Just hours later Braswell beat and suffocated Kirkland and smeared him with feces. Braswell was found guilty but mentally ill of first-degree murder this past August and sentenced to life in prison. Carla Davis-Vining of Pittsburgh is seeking damages based on the claim that prison officials violated her father’s Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

UPDATE 11 a.m.: The Full Scale Exercise at SCI Forest has been completed. The institution has returned to normal operations at this time. SCI Forest is conducting a Full Scale Exercise at this time. It started at 8:26 a.m. Please do not be alarmed by extra Law Enforcement Officers in the area or around the the institution. This is only an exercise. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

A man who used a Taser on corrections officer will spend the next 15 to 30 years in prison – and that’s on top of a multi-year sentence he’s already serving. 27-year-old Eddie Gray of Warren was found guilty by a jury of overpowering a jail guard, stealing her Taser, jabbing into her arm and pulling the trigger, delivering a violent shock. Gray also assaulted another guard. Immediately following the trial Gray was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison, which will be served after a 35 ½ to 71- year sentence for writing threatening letters to court officials and witnesses. He’s also in the middle of a five- to 10-year sentence for robbery. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947