The inmate who nearly killed a corrections officer at a state prison in Shirley last summer was hoping the attack would prompt the state to send him back to Virginia, prosecutors said in court Thursday.
An inmate at the Massachusetts Correctional Institute in Shirley has been indicted in connection with an attack that left a corrections officer at the faciilty.
A Massachusetts inmate who is serving a life sentence was charged after attacking a prison guard with weightlifting equipment. The guard was struck in the head and face.
Roy Booth has been charged with armed assault with intent to murder and other offenses in connection with the Aug. 31 attack on Corrections Officer Matthew Tidman.