‘I was fighting for my life’: Prison guard loses eye in struggle with inmate Updated Dec 15, 2020; Posted Dec 14, 2020 A family picture taken Dec. 6, the day before the stabbing. In the back are Angela and Dale Franquet Jr., and In the front are daughters Mekenna, left, and Maesyn and the family dog Harper. Facebook Share MIDDLEBURG – A 51-year-old Allenwood Federal Penitentiary corrections officer said there is no doubt in his mind that an inmate was trying to kill him during a confrontation there last week. “I was fighting for my life,” Dale Franquet Jr. said Monday, describing the violent struggle with an inmate who came at him with a long shank around 6:15 a.m. Dec. 7.