Officer Injured In Attack At State Penitentiary

 (Fort Madison, IA) — The Department of Corrections has ordered restrictions that limit the movement of inmates inside the state’s maximum-security prison in Fort Madison after a guard was assaulted. The D-O-C reported an inmate assaulted a male correctional officer Friday night. The officer was taken to a local hospital in a department vehicle, then transferred to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. His medical condition has not been released. Prison officials say the inmate who committed the assault was not injured.