A corrections officer was stabbed inside a cell block at California State Prison, Sacramento, better known to locals as New Folsom, on Monday morning, March 9, at about 10:15 a.m. The officer suffered multiple puncture wounds, was treated on site and then taken to an outside hospital. Officials say the injuries are not life-threatening and that the officer is awaiting discharge. Staff members quickly restrained the suspected attacker and recovered an improvised weapon inside the housing unit. The inmate accused in the attack is 56-year-old Jon C. Blaylock, who is serving lengthy sentences in state custody and has been linked to prior assaults on staff.
What Officials Are Saying
According to a news release from the California Department of Corrections…..