ALLOUEZ, WI (WTAQ) – An investigation is underway after another assault on an employee by an inmate at the Green Bay Correctional Institution.
According to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, the assault took place last Friday at the troubled prison in Allouez. The injured staff member was taken to the hospital, but no further details were released.
DOC officials have called the Brown County Sheriff’s Department to investigate.
This is the third attack in recent months at the prison.
In July, a correctional officer suffered burns after an inmate an inmate threw a pot of scalding water in the officer’s face.
In June, three officers were sent to hospital after an inmate stabbed two of them; the third was injured trying to restrain the inmate. That inmate, Francisco Flores-Rocha, was later found dead in an apparent suicide.
DOC Secretary Jon Litscher visited the prison after the second attack to meet with employees. State Sen. Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay) also called for an investigation of the prison in the wake of the attacks.
