Two Folsom correctional officers stabbed by inmate

FOLSOM - California State Prison, Sacramento (CSP-SAC) officials are investigating an attempted homicide incident in which two correctional officers were stabbed by an inmate.Just after 11 a.m. on Monday officers were releasing the incarcerated population on Facility B to yard recreation.According to a press release detailing the incident issued from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), inmate Michael Harris had exited the housing unit with the population heading to the yard.As an officer was scanning him with a metal detector, Harris used an inmate-manufactured weapon to stab the officer in the head and neck. A second officer sustained a stab wound to his right tricep. Responding officers used physical force to quell the incident.Responding staff summoned an ambulance for the injured officers who were transported to an area hospital for treatment. One officer was treated and released. Conditions for the other officers are not currently being released, other than they are not believed to be life threatening, according the CDCR.Officers recovered one inmate-manufactured weapon at the scene measuring approximately seven inches long and approximately three-quarters of an inch wide. A third officer was transported to an area hospital for a hand injury.Harris sustained minor injuries during the incident and was transported to a hospital for further evaluation and treatment. Harris will be retained in segregated housing pending an investigation into the incident. Movement on Facility B has been limited to facilitate the investigation.The Sacramento County District Attorney's Office is assisting CSP-SAC's Investigative Services Unit. The Office of the Inspector General has been notified.Harris was received by the CDCR on Nov. 2, 2009 from Los Angeles County to serve a life without the possibility of parole sentence for first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, intentional discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury/death.