Authorities say an inmate stabbed a correctional officer at a maximum-security prison in western Maryland.
The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said in a statement that the officer stabbed Monday at North Branch Correctional Institution is in stable condition.
Officials say 50-year-old officer James Vinci was stabbed in the upper body and neck and flown to a Baltimore hospital.
They say an inmate was apprehended and a weapon was recovered. The inmate hasn't been charged.
