By C1 Staff
JOHNSON COUNTY, Ill. — A corrections officer with the Shawnee Correctional Center suffered a concussion after an inmate became belligerent and head butted him.
According to WILSTV, it’s the third attack at the facility this month. According to an IDOC spokesman, there’s no pattern to the incidents.
“Convicted criminals make bad decisions,” Tom Shaer explained. “It’s not surprising that occasionally they make the worst of all [decisions in] assaulting a peace officer in a prison.”
Charges are pending against the inmate and the officer is expected to be back at work next week.