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One stabbed in Death Row duel

Published: May 15, 2008 at 3:50 PM
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SOMERS , Conn., May 15 (UPI) -- The second convict assault in two days in Connecticut prisons prompted a state legislator to voice concern for prisoner safety.

In an attack involving two Death Row inmates, Daniel Webb was accused of stabbing Russell Peeler Jr., in the head with a pen at Northern Correctional Institution in Somers Wednesday. Peeler was expected to recover.

A day earlier, inmate Kevin Cales was allegedly stomped to death by fellow inmate Waldemar Rivera at McDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield, the Hartford Courant said.

"We need to make sure that our correctional facilities are secure and safe, and that means giving our prison officials the necessary tools and manpower to do their jobs," State Sen. John A. Kissel, R-Enfield, a member of the judiciary committee, said.



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