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A spokesperson at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville confirmed Dale Franquet Jr., 51, was discharged on Sunday.
Franquet Jr. was transported to the hospital on Monday, December 7, after an inmate assaulted him and another staff member. The inmate reportedly stabbed Franquet Jr. in the eye with a shank. Franquet Jr. underwent surgery on Wednesday to remove his right eye.
The federal Bureau of Prisons did not release the identity of the second staff member, but The Daily Item reports that corrections officer was Sara Harvey. She reportedly was injured but has since returned to work.
Congressman Fred Keller (PA-12), who serves on the federal Bureau of Prisons Reform caucus, said in a media release that Franquet Jr. s father said he is expected to be fitted with a prosthetic eye within three months.
‘I was fighting for my life’: Prison guard loses eye in struggle with inmate
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 14, 2020
A family picture taken Dec. 6, the day before the stabbing. In the back are Angela and Dale Franquet Jr., and In the front are daughters Mekenna, left, and Maesyn and the family dog Harper.
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MIDDLEBURG – A 51-year-old Allenwood Federal Penitentiary corrections officer said there is no doubt in his mind that an inmate was trying to kill him during a confrontation there last week.
“I was fighting for my life,” Dale Franquet Jr. said Monday, describing the violent struggle with an inmate who came at him with a long shank around 6:15 a.m. Dec. 7.
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