1 correctional officer hurt after fight in Oklahoma prison

 

December 28, 2016



SAYRE, Okla. (AP) — A state prisons spokesman says one correctional officer suffered minor injuries after a fight broke out at the North Fork Correctional Facility in western Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Department of Corrections spokesman Alex Gerszewski (ger-SHESS'-kee) says a small group of inmates got into a fight Monday at the prison in Sayre, about 120 miles west of Oklahoma City. A correctional officer was injured in the melee and taken to a hospital.

Gerszewski says the officer was treated for his injuries and cleared to return to duty. One inmate was also injured but is back at the prison after...



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