The Brief
- California prison officials are investigating an attack on a correctional officer at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility as an attempted homicide.
- Inmate Jorge Villa allegedly used an improvised weapon during the morning yard incident before staff restrained him using chemical agents and physical force.
- The injured officer was transported to an outside medical facility for treatment, while Villa was moved to restricted housing pending criminal and administrative investigations.
SAN DIEGO – An attempted homicide investigation is underway after an officer was hospitalized following an attack on a facility yard at a San Diego County facility earlier this week, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
What we know:
The attack happened on Sept. 9 just before 10 a.m. at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility.…