GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (AP) A female inmate who stabbed a corrections officer multiple times with scissors in Alabama was charged with attempted murder, authorities said. Four other inmates intervened during the Saturday attack at the Marshall County Jail, likely saving the officer’s life, Sheriff Phil Sims said during a press conference Monday. “Even though they were inmates and this is a corrections officer, they went above and beyond their predicaments to do what was right,” Sims told reporters.
GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (AP) A female inmate who stabbed a corrections officer multiple times with scissors in Alabama was charged with attempted murder, authorities said.
Four other inmates intervened during the Saturday attack at the Marshall County Jail, likely saving the officer’s life, Sheriff Phil Sims said during a press conference Monday.
“Even though they were inmates and this is a corrections officer, they went above and beyond their predicaments to do what was right,” Sims told reporters.
Officer Melissa Woodall was escorting inmate Emily Sledge, 21, from a makeshift holding cell to the main women’s block so she could use the restroom. They passed through a work cubicle on the way, which was where Sledge found scissors in a drawer and stabbed the officer, Sims said.
Marshall County jail inmates come to the rescue of stabbed corrections officer
A Marshall County corrections officer is recovering Monday after being stabbed several times by an inmate.
Posted: May 3, 2021 7:01 PM
Posted By: Bridget Divers
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A Marshall County corrections officer is recovering Monday after being stabbed several times by an inmate.
Marshall County corrections officer Melissa Woodall was removing inmate Emily Sledge from a holding cell to use the restroom Saturday morning when Sledge attacked her.
Corrections Officer Melissa Woodall is recovering after being stabbed by an inmate. Inmate has to be escorted through the cubicle where the correction officers work to get to the main jail for the women s block and in doing so when corrections officer Woodall opened the door, inmate Sledge began attacking her, said Marshall County Sheriff Phil Sims.