Sheriff Phil Sims on Monday provided details about what authorities say occurred Saturday at the Marshall County jail, when a corrections officer was injured. Sims commended inmates in the jail who came to her rescue.
The sheriff said overcrowding and design issues at the jail contributed to the inmate s ability to grab scissors from a desk door at the corrections officer s work area and attack the jailer.
Sims said at about 11 a.m. Saturday, CO Melissa Woodall had opened the door to a holding cell to let a 21-year-old female inmate go to the restroom. Because of overcrowding and COVID concerns, he said, the jail is using some makeshift holding cells without restroom facilities inside them.