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The first rule of Prison Fight Club: Guards, don't get your ass kicked by the inmate forced to fight you

KOSA-TV reports:The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has answered CBS 7?s open records request regarding a fight between a Fort Stockton correctional officer and an inmate.The report states Officer Edgar Acosta and offender Lee James Clark were involved in a minor scuffle in the hallway.When additional staff arrived, Clark complied and was taken to administrative segregation.Officer Acosta then spoke with several supervisors, and was escorted to the same segregation room where Clark was waiting unsecured, and the two were left alone. The men began fighting, and Clark struck Officer Acosta in the mouth, ending the fight.Sources close to the case tell CBS 7 that the officers involved originally tried to cover up the incident; however that claim has not been verified by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 27, 2010 (boomark / email).