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According to the Nebraska Department of Corrections in total five staff members went to the hospital with injuries from being stabbed. A release from NDCS said the inmates had made their own weapons used in the attacks, and also kicked and punched staff members during the incident.
The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services said five staff members were taken to a local hospital with suspected stab wounds.
Multiple staff members were seriously injured after a disturbance involving three inmates Wednesday at a Nebraska corrections facility in Lincoln.
The inspector general made several recommendations in a report, including the department providing more training on how to deal with mentally ill inmates.
The town is also home to Pontiac Correctional Center, one of only three maximum security Illinois state prisons. Just outside the prison’s doors is a neighborhood of single-family homes and a playground.