An inmate at Corrigan Correctional Institute in Uncasville is accused of assaulting a correction officer.
Connecticut State Police say 27-year-old Lamar Brown was charged with assault on a Department of Correction employee after attacking the officer Friday. The officer had to be taken to the hospital for treatment.
Brown was processed without incident and is due for arraignment on March 29. He was transferred to Northern Correctional Institute in Somers pending his trial.
