By Corrections1 Staff
OAK PARK HEIGHTS, Minn. — Newly released video shows a CO being attacked by an inmate in 2018.
According to 5 Eyewitness News, corrections officer James Lange was attacked by 31-year-old inmate Joshua Anthony Jones while Lange was checking in inmates returning to their cell blocks after time in the gym.
The inmate was convicted on April 4 for the officer’s assault. Jones was already serving time for a 2010 felony conviction for assault with a dangerous weapon in the benefit of a gang.
Lange suffered a broken eye socket, a torn rotator cuff and serious concussion as a result of the attack and is no longer employed with the Minnesota DOC, Eyewitness News reports.