Inmate stabbed at the Utah State Prison

By Erin Alberty

| The Salt Lake Tribune

First Published Jun 19 2012 09:12 pm • Last Updated Jun 20 2012 12:12 pm

An inmate at the Utah State Prison was stabbed Tuesday by his cellmate.

Just before 5:30 p.m., the two men got into an altercation in their cell at the Draper prison, said Steve Gehrke, spokesman for the state Department of Corrections.

The victim, 27, was stabbed multiple times and taken by ambulance to a hospital, medics said. He was expected to survive, Gehrke said.

No weapon has been found, Gehrke said. The subject of the dispute is not known.

Erin Alberty

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