One hospitalized after prison stabbing

By Jillian Jorgensen, Globe Correspondent

A fight this evening between two inmates at the state prison in Walpole left one of the men in the hospital suffering from stab wounds, officials said.

The inmate's injuries did not appear life-threatening, said Diane Wiffin, a spokeswoman for the prison system.

He was stabbed around 6 p.m. during what appeared to be an altercation with another inmate in a general population housing unit at the prison, MCI-Cedar Junction, Wiffin said. He was taken to an outside hospital.

The other inmate injured his ankle and was taken to the MCI-Cedar Junction Health Services Unit, Wiffin said.

No staff were injured, Wiffin said.

The housing unit where the fight happened was locked down last night, but the rest of the prison was operating normally, Wiffin said.

Wiffin said an investigation into the stabbing has been launched and the State Police and Norfolk district attorney's office will be notified.

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