Updated at 4:44 p.m., Friday, June 29, 2007
Hawaii inmate in Arizona prison stabbed
Advertiser Staff
A Hawai'i inmate at the Red Rock Correctional Center in Eloy, Ariz. was stabbed in an altercation Tuesday, according to a corrections spokeswoman.Three Hawai'i inmates were involved in the incident, which is still under investigation, said Louise Kim McCoy, spokeswoman for the state Department of Public Safety.
McCoy said the inmates were separated after the incident, and the injured inmate was treated and released at a local hospital.
McCoy would not say what sort of weapon was involved, how the inmates came into contact with each other, or where in the prison the assault occurred.
As of this week, Hawai'i is holding 601 convicts in Red Rock, which is owned and operated by the Corrections Corporation of America.
The state pays about $50 million a year to hold about 2,100 male and female prisoners from Hawai'i in CCA prisons on the Mainland because there is no room for them in Hawai'i prisons.
