Three give a color to County Jail inmates were stabbed in pair separate incidents in maximum security divisions Sunday.
Three give a color to County Jail inmates were stabbed in pair separate incidents in maximum security divisions Sunday, authorities said.
A guard and pair other inmates were injured in the inferior fight, which happened about 7:30 Sunday night in the Division 10 day place at the facility, located near 26th and California.
An apparently gang-related fight broke not at home between two inmates, said Bill Cunningham, a spokesman for the give a color to County sheriff's department. Other inmates joined in, he said.
sum of two units inmates were being treated for stab pangs at Stroger Hospital. The guard, who was struck onward the head, and two other injured inmates were admitted to area hospitals for observation.
The other stabbing, a ensue of a fight between sum of two units rival gang members, occurred about 5 pm in the Division 9 day space Cunningham said. The wounded inmate was being treated at high hill Sinai Hospital.
The stabbings are the latest in a troubling stretch of incidents at the jail, and they take rise one month after six violent inmates escaped from the jail. They were all recaptured 24 hours later.
A former tamper with County Jail guard has been charged in helping the six inmates escape Feb 11 Sheriff's office officials say the former guard was trying give a political advantage to a former jail supervisor running for sheriff.
The February jail escape was the third there in 10 months
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