An inmate stabbed the warden at a Georgia prison during a disturbance Wednesday and officers used tear gas to regain control, a state corrections official said.
Telfair State Prison’s warden, Andrew McFarlane, was not seriously injured, department spokesperson Joan Heath said.
“The warden was treated by facility medical personnel for superficial wounds and is expected to be okay,” Heath said in an email to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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