JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Police say a female counselor at a state prison in Luzerne County needed hospitalization after she was assaulted by an inmate.
Troopers say the woman was walking to a break room inside SCI Dallas just before 11:00 AM Thursday when the inmate from Philadelphia, who is serving a life sentence for murder, attacked her.
When a corrections officer intervened, the suspect was on top of the defenseless woman, punching her in the face, head, and neck.
The inmate also hit a corrections officer who tried to help.
The counselor needed surgery for injuries including broken bones and tears to her carotid artery.
The inmate faces charges related to the assault at the prison in Luzerne County.
