Inmate dies, officer injured in separate incidents at River North Correctional Center

GRAYSON COUNTY, Va. — The Virginia Department of Corrections Office of Law Enforcement Services (OLES) is investigating two separate incidents at River North Correctional Center, both occurring on Monday, Sept. 28.

The VADOC says the first incident happened in the morning when a corrections team member was injured while escorting an inmate down a flight of stairs in a housing pod. The corrections team member required treatment at an outside medical facility. A second corrections team member assisting with the escort was not injured. That incident has been referred to OLES and is pending review.

Later that evening, an inmate died following an apparent attack by another inmate. VADOC corrections team members, VADOC medical team members, and emergency services personnel attempted life-saving measures on the individual. The inmate died at 11:54 p.m. No correctional officers were involved in the incident leading to the individual's death, and no staff were injured.

Master Corrections Officer Jeremy Lewis Hall was fatally stabbed at the facility last November. John Holomon Russell is charged in connection with his death and for injuring two other officers.

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