Assault at Kent reflects violent year at maximum security prison

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The assailant has been identified and appropriate consequences have been meted out, according to the CSC. It stresses that the safety and security of institutions, their staff, and the public remains its highest priority in the operations of the federal correctional system.

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CSC will continue to investigate the circumstances of the assault and work with police in its investigation.

It isn’t the first incident of violence this year at Kent. On May 3, another inmate was assaulted and transported to hospital to receive medical treatment.

Earlier in the year, the Upper Fraser Valley RCMP detachment investigated two stabbings that occurred at Kent, one in April and another in February.

During the attack on April 27, a prisoner was stabbed a reported 40 times by other inmates and taken from Kent by air ambulance. A similar incident occurred on February 5 in which a prisoner was stabbed by another inmate several times and transported by air ambulance to hospital.