Inmates set a fire, seized control of a dormitory and stabbed two corrections officials during a violent uprising at a prison in southern Alabama, authorities said Saturday, NBC News reported.
The William C. Holman Correctional Facility, which serves as the state's only execution facility, was on lockdown hours after a riot erupted late Friday.
The prison warden, identified as Carter Davenport, and a corrections officer were stabbed at one of the dormitories at the prison, Alabama Department of Corrections said in a statement. Both the officer and Davenport's injuries were non-life-threatening.
