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State: Inmate assaults, injures 4 guards at Cheshire prison

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) The state Department of Correction says four staff members at Cheshire Correctional Institution have been injured in an assault by an inmate.

Agency spokeswoman Karen Martucci said Friday the incident Thursday began when an inmate covered a cell window and refused to remove the obstruction.

He was transferred to the Northern Correctional Institution where he was placed under the highest level of supervision. Criminal charges are expected.

Rudy Demiraj, president of AFSCME Local 387, which represents prison employees, said the Department of Correction eased solitary confinement in 2011 to appease prisoner advocacy groups. He says the result is that dangerous inmates are often not sufficiently disciplined and don't see solitary confinement as a deterrent.

The agency says fewer inmate assaults occurred

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