By Shea Johnson
Daily Press
VICTORVILLE, Calif. — Two correctional officers were assaulted by three inmates shortly after noon Saturday at the Federal Correctional Institution II, a medium-security prison housing more than 1,100 male inmates, a spokeswoman said.
Prison staff immediately responded to and secured the area. Both correctional officers were taken to a local hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released, Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Alicia Chandler said.
No weapons were used during the assault, no other staff members or inmates were injured and “at no time was the public in danger,” she said. The inmate population was returned to their housing units and the prison was placed on “a limited operational status.”
Chandler said the FBI was notified of the assault and, following the conclusion of a preliminary investigation, the prison will return to full operational status.
As of early Sunday, all visiting at the facility, located at 13777 Air Expressway Blvd., remained suspended until further notice, according to the facility website.
The facility, known by shorthand as FCI-2, is one of four facilities within the Federal Correction Complex in Victorville. It houses 1,144 male offenders.
In May, an inmate attempted to assault a staff member at FCI-I, another medium-security facility that houses over 1,300 male inmates, spurring a lockdown.
In that incident, pepper spray was deployed to contain the situation and neither the inmate or staff suffered any injury, Chandler had said.
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