By Anne Stegen
TurnTo23.com
SOLEDAD, Calif. — A correctional officer is being treated for injuries he suffered from an attack by a Salinas Valley State Prison inmate Wednesday, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
At 9:43 a.m., the Correctional Officer was on-duty at the institution’s Facility Medical Clinic when inmate Walter Weeks, 29, approached the officer from behind and began to assault him. The officer fell, striking his head and losing consciousness.
Inmate Weeks was subdued and subsequently transported to the Administrative Segregation Unit.
The officer was taken to an area hospital for treatment for his injuries, which are still unknown at this time.
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