Authorities say a prisoner serving a life sentence killed a Pennsylvania state prison guard who’d confiscated a towel being used to conceal the view of his bunk.
Correctional Officer Sgt. Mark Baserman died Monday, 11 days after Paul Jawon Kendrick allegedly punched him repeatedly and kicked him in the head. The incident happened at SCI Somerset.
The last fatal attack by an inmate on state Corrections Department staff occurred in the late 70s.