Officer stabbed twice in back by inmate at Brandon Correctional Centre, police say

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· Posted: May 08, 2025 11:05 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

A corrections serviceman was rushed to infirmary successful Brandon aft being stabbed doubly successful the backmost by an inmate astatine the provincial jail, constabulary say.

The 47-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening injuries successful the stabbing connected Monday, said police, who were called to the Brandon Correctional Centre astir 8:45 p.m.

A 41-year-old antheral is charged with assaulting a bid serviceman with a weapon, aggravated battle of a bid officer and assaulting a bid serviceman causing bodily harm.

The Brandon Police Service is "deeply acrophobic for the well-being of the unit subordinate injured," and its major crimes portion is investigating, a quality merchandise said Wednesday.

It did not place the unit member's presumption astatine the medium-security facility, but Kyle Ross, president of the Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union, said it was a corrections officer.

"It's a existent unfortunate event, wherever 1 of our officers was attacked and stabbed portion connected the job," helium said.

"[It] indispensable beryllium precise hard for that idiosyncratic close now. We haven't had an accidental to link [with] them [but] we're hoping we tin soon."

Ross doesn't cognize however agelong the serviceman has been moving there.

There are galore unit in jails speech from corrections officers, including those successful administration, wellness care, societal enactment and counselling, rehabilitation, education, nutrient services and maintenance. 

An interior review has been launched astatine the correctional centre to analyse the circumstances and reenforce information measures for some unit and inmates, the Brandon Police Service quality merchandise said.

CBC News reached retired to the state astir the scope of the internal review, whether any immediate changes person been made and however agelong the reappraisal is expected to take.

A spokesperson provided the pursuing response: "Standard operational review, arsenic would hap aft each superior incident. No timeline."

'Challenging job'

A 27-year-old inmate astatine the installation was charged conscionable a fewer months agone with first-degree execution successful the decease of his 23-year-old cellmate.

The cellmate was repeatedly punched and kicked, constabulary said. He was rushed to infirmary but died from his injuries.

"Working successful correctional facilities is simply a challenging job, and close now, with the [inmate] counts being arsenic precocious arsenic they are, it's getting much challenging for our workers, and we're hopeful we tin find ways to marque it safer for them and the inmates they're successful complaint of," Ross said.

The Brandon Correctional Centre has a capableness of 244 inmates. Ross was not definite however galore are presently there.

In comparison, "there is hardly capable staff" to woody with the challenges, helium said.

"Workers are being stretched thinner than they'd like."

Recruitment efforts by the province are underway, "but it's a hard occupation to enlistee for," Ross said.

"When I talk to the officers, I perceive it often: it's a precise antithetic occupation compared to 10 years ago. The inmates that are successful these facilities are acold much unsafe and much volatile than they were successful the past."

There are much gangs and illicit cause usage among inmates, helium said.

"I consciousness for those workers, due to the fact that they judge successful what they do, and unfortunately, it's conscionable truly challenging."