Inmate stabs nurse at Southern Nevada prison

A caregiver astatine a situation northwest of Las Vegas was stabbed, officials confirmed Thursday.

The High Desert State Prison worker was attacked by an inmate with a homemade limb astir 2 p.m. Monday, according to Nevada Department of Corrections spokeswoman Teri Vance.

She was treated for wounds to the thorax and neck. The inmate was transferred to a antithetic prison, but Vance did not specify which.

Vance said the stabbing was unrelated to a disturbance Wednesday astatine adjacent Southern Desert Correctional Center involving astir 25 inmates.

About 15 inmates were taken to higher information prisons, Vance said astatine the time, portion insignificant injuries were treated on-site. The radical started 2 fires aft refusing to re-enter their cells.

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