By C1 Staff
CANAAN — Three staff members were attacked by an inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary at Canaan, the same facility where Correctional Officer Eric Williams was killed in 2013.
WNEP reports that an inmate attacked a staff member in the dining hall with a contraband weapon around 11 a.m. When other staff stepped in to help, the inmate struck two others with the weapon.
All three prison staff were treated and released from a local hospital.
The inmate was restrained and placed in restrictive housing. The incident is being investigated by the FBI, and the prison has been placed on limited operations during an internal investigation.