By Robert Cuthbert
Lompoc Record
LOMPOC, Calif. — Close friends, family, prison workers and officials gathered Thursday to dedicate the Federal Correctional Officer Scott Williams Memorial Highway near Lompoc.
In a brief and simple ceremony, Williams was remembered, and his sacrifice in the line of duty was eulogized.
In April 1997, Williams and other Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex staff members were moving inmates from the dining area to their cells when inmate Roy Green attacked.
Williams was fatally stabbed in the neck, another officer was seriously wounded, and three staff members received minor injuries before the inmate was subdued. Green was found mentally unfit for trial and civilly committed for life.
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