DOC Investigates Stabbing at Elmore State Prison

An investigation is underway at Alabama’s Elmore State prison after two inmates and a guard were stabbed. The corrections officer was injured trying to break up a fight. Elmore is on lockdown as a result. The DOC says a third inmate is suspected in the stabbings. Tyrone Dunn is serving twenty five years for assault. All of the men who were stabbed were released after treatment at a hospital. Investigators don't yet know what started the fight. Critics say a prison building plan approved by the Alabama Senate won’t address this type of violence. Go to apr.org to hear Alabama Public Radio’s series on prison reform titled “…and justice for all.”