Oak Park Heights Prison
OAK PARK HEIGHTS, Minn. – An inmate at the maximum-security state prison in Oak Park Heights has been charged with first-degree assault after a January attack on a correctional sergeant that left her with permanent loss of vision in her right eye.
According to prosecutors Dominique Jefferson, 36, incarcerated since 2005 for aiding and abetting second-degree murder, refused to return to his cell. He told the sergeant he’s been waiting for her and when the sergeant reached for her radio to call for assistance, Jefferson allegedly punched her with a closed fist.
The sergeant underwent multiple surgeries, but the attack caused irreparable damage to her eye.
Earlier this week, six correctional officers were injured in two separate incidents at the Oak Park Heights and Stillwater prisons.
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