By C1 Staff
EDDYVILLE, Ky. — A contract food service employee was seriously assaulted by an inmate at the Kentucky State Penitentiary.
According to WPSD, JoAnne Smith was taken to Deaconness Hospital, where she is reported to be in stable condition.
Her attacker, inmate Gary Pennington, has been placed in segregation pending charges. He is currently serving a sentence of life with parole after 25 years, on charges of murder and kidnapping.