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Inmate suspected in Clallam Bay CO stabbing transferred

An inmate who reportedly stabbed a CO in the face and neck has been transferred while Clallam Bay staff continues to investigate the assault

By Jeremy Schwartz
Peninsula Daily News

CLALLAM BAY — An inmate who reportedly stabbed a Clallam Bay Corrections Center officer in the face and neck has been transferred to a prison in Aberdeen while Clallam Bay staff continues to investigate the assault.

Carlos Avalos, 19, was listed as an inmate at the 1,936-inmate Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen as of Saturday, according to the Department of Corrections website.

Avalos reportedly stabbed an unidentified male corrections officer at the 850-inmate Clallam Bay prison at about 10 a.m. Feb. 3 with what has been described as a pointed object, according to Corrections.

The assault sent the officer to Olympic Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries and triggered a lockdown, in which inmates are confined to their cells, that had lasted the better part of a week.

The corrections officer was discharged from the hospital not long after the assault.

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