Wes Woods
Daily News, Los Angeles
LANCASTER, Calif. — A correctional officer was punched and stomped on the face, which resulted in a fractured orbital bone during an inmate attack Monday at the state prison in Lancaster, authorities said.
Sharvon Fredrick, 32, was arrested on suspicion of rushing a control booth officer and punching him in the face, which knocked him unconscious, and then stomping on the guard’s face, authorities explained.
The crime was reported at 2:07 p.m. Monday during the afternoon yard and shift change at California State Prison, Los Angeles County, on 60th Street West in Lancaster, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.
After the attack, authorities said, a building control officer fired a “direct impact round” that struck Fredrick and stopped his attack.
Responding staff used physical force to bring him to the ground as he continued to resist their efforts, authorities noted.
The injured officer was immediately transported to an outside medical facility.
The officer’s injuries, which include the fractured orbital bone and severe bruising and swelling, are not considered life-threatening, authorities added.
Fredrick was treated for scratches, bruises and small cuts after prison staff evaluated him, authorities continued, while inmate movement at the prison has been limited as the Investigative Services Unit investigates.
Authorities said Fredrick, who was received from Los Angeles County on Sept. 21, 2001, is serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole for rape and use of a firearm during a sex crime.
After the attack, authorities noted, Fredrick was transferred to California State Prison, Corcoran, and is being housed in the prison’s Administrative Segregation Unit.
The Lancaster prison opened in 1993 and holds approximately 3,400 male inmates classified as minimum-, medium- and maximum-security while employing more than 1,800 people, authorities said.
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