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Inmate sentenced for hitting corrections officer in the head

Given an additional two years on top of his current 30 year sentence

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JUNEAU — A 47-year-old inmate at Waupun Correctional Institution was sentenced to an additional two years in the Wisconsin Prison System Wednesday after being found guilty of punching a corrections officer in the head.

John J. Comer was found guilty of battery by prisoner as a repeat offender after a jury trial on July 17.

Judge Brian Pfitzinger sentenced Comer to two years in the prison system, broken into one year of initial confinement and one year of extended supervision, to be served consecutive to the sentence he is currently serving.

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