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Request for more COs follows Minn. prison attack

The attack sent a female corrections officer and a female food service worker to the hospital

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MINNEAPOLIS — One of the four Minnesota prison workers injured this week by a convicted murderer in a Stillwater prison is speaking out, saying Minnesota prisons are at times dangerously understaffed.

The attack sent a female corrections officer and a female food service worker to the hospital.

Sgt. Tom Walsh is one of two corrections officers who tackled the inmate and subdued him. Walsh suffered a minor hand injury. Another guard also suffered a minor injury.

Full story: Request For More Guards Follows Stillwater Prison Attack