Arkansas Prison Attack: Guard Left With Multiple Head Injuries

TUCKER, AR — An inmate at the Maximum Security Unit in Tucker, Arkansas attacked a guard, who had to be taken to a hospital, authorities said.

The officer was assaulted Thursday afternoon and suffered multiple injuries to the face and head, the Department of Correction said. The department did not have information on the officer's condition.

It's just the latest in a slew of disturbances at Arkansas prisons.The prison is the same facility where several inmates took three officers hostage after snatching their keys and a stun gun last month. In July, a guard at the prison fired warning shots into the air after two guards and an inmate were attacked.

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