Inmate Is Set Ablaze by Fellow Prisoners
Associated Press
SOMERS, Conn. — An inmate at the Somers Correctional Institution was set afire Monday by other prisoners, suffering third-degree burns over 90% of his body, authorities said.
The critically injured 23-year-old inmate, who was serving a sentence for manslaughter, was flown to a hospital in Hartford, a prison spokesman said.
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