PRISONERS HAD PLANNED ATTACK.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - Two attacks that injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. three state prison guards were planned by inmates upset over a recent policy change that regiments inmates' activities to a strict time schedule, officials said Tuesday. California State Prison-Los Angeles County officials say two inmates sat up the previous night talking with inmates in a neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. cell about attacking guards. ``It was planned and we know they were talking about it all night long,'' prison spokesman Lt. Ron Nipper nipper a tool for clipping, e.g. for claws and beaks of small cagebirds. hoof nipper a pincer-like tool with the blades curved in to face each other at the ends which are composed of two chisel edges opposing one another. said. ``It probably wasn't directed at (the injured officers) but they were the first staff they came across.'' During the attacks Monday, correctional Officer Thomas Vasquez was stabbed in the head twice, Officer Tom Chase's jaw was dislocated dis·lo·cate tr.v. dis·lo·cat·ed, dis·lo·cat·ing, dis·lo·cates 1. To put out of usual or proper place, position, or relationship. 2. and Sgt. Michael Ayala was knocked unconscious, officials said. All were treated at a hospital and released, officials said. Inmates are unhappy about the prison enforcing strict time schedules for eating, working and other activities, Nipper said. ``Everything is set by a new time schedule and they are not pleased with the new system,'' Nipper said. ``We're trying to be more proactive than reactive and this new schedule provides a safer approach. It offers more security.'' The attacks occurred about 8:10 a.m. Monday in the prison's maximum- security Level D, officials said. Inmate INMATE. One who dwells in a part of another's house, the latter dwelling, at the same time, in the said house. Kitch. 45, b; Com. Dig. Justices of the Peace, B 85; 1 B. & Cr. 578; 8 E. C. L. R. 153; 2 Dowl. & Ry. 743; 8 B. & Cr. 71; 15 E. C. L. R. 154; 2 Man. & Ry. 227; 9 B. & Cr. Nicholas Nabors, 25, a convicted murderer, bumped into Chase after Nabors was ordered to get back into a line of inmates, officials said. Chase and Nabors fought, officials said. As Vasquez came to his partner's aid, Nabors' cell mate, David Martinez
David Martinez Guzman is managing partner of Fintech Advisory, a firm that specializes in corporate and country debt. , 31, stabbed Vasquez in the head twice with a weapon fashioned from metal stripping pulled off a food cart A food cart is a mobile kitchen that is set up on the street to facilitate the sale and marketing of street food to people from the local pedestrian traffic. They are often found in large cities through out the world and can be found to sell food of just about any variety. , officials said. ``They'll make weapons out of anything,'' Nipper said. Chase's jaw was dislocated and a bone was shoved into his sinus cavity cavity /cav·i·ty/ (kav´i-te) 1. a hollow place or space, or a potential space, within the body or one of its organs. 2. in dentistry, the lesion produced by caries. , officials said. He also suffered cuts and scrapes. Vasquez suffered two shallow stab wounds, officials said. While the fight was going on, Ayala was attacked by two other inmates and knocked unconscious. Ayala could not identify the pair. Nabors and Martinez are both gang members, as are the men in the next cell, who are suspects in the attack on Ayala, Nipper said. Nabors and Martinez were transferred to California Corrections Institution in Tehachapi. Chase, Vasquez and Ayala are on sick leave until they recover from their wounds, officials said. If the inmates who attacked Ayala are identified, they will be sent to Tehachapi as well. |
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