Three staff members assaulted at Boonville prison
UPDATE: Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann said three staff members were assaulted in a weekend disturbance at Boonville Correctional Center.
An unknown liquid was thrown at two officers and another officer was shoved into a table when he tried to remove an inmate from a staff office after the power went out at the prison late Saturday, Pojmann said. Inmates damaged prison property and broke into staff offices during the outage, Pojmann said Monday.
The staff members who were attacked did not require medical treatment, Pojmann said.
ORIGINAL: Inmates tampered with security cameras and broke into staff offices after a power outage and failure of the backup generator left Boonville Correctional Center in the dark for almost two hours Saturday night.
A storm caused a power outage and a mechanical problem caused a malfunction in the backup generator, leaving the prison without power from 10:55 p.m. Saturday to 12:43 a.m. Sunday, Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann said Monday. No injuries were reported.
Pojmann said inmates tampered with cameras and broke into staff offices, seizing canteen items that had been impounded in their housing units. Authorities were continuing to assess damage to office equipment Monday, she said.
Boonville Correctional Center is a minimum security prison with a maximum capacity of about 1,350 inmates.
