By Peggy Lee
WNEP.com
YATESVILLE — It’s been one month since a corrections officer was killed while on duty at a federal prison in Wayne County.
Officer Eric Williams was allegedly stabbed by an inmate at the facility near Waymart.
Wednesday night we heard for the first time from a fellow officer who works at that prison. Federal workers joined forces at the gymnasium at Pittston Area High School to protest the spending cuts being threatened by the federal government.
Among those in attendance were some corrections officers from the federal prison near Waymart who said they are worried about the financial future of federal prisons across the country.
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