ISP offender stabbed, airlifted to hospital

FORT MADISON - Few details on an Oct. 18 stabbing at Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison have been released by Department of Corrections officials.
According to reports, an air MedEvac helicopter was dispatched to the east side of the prison grounds to take an offender to Iowa City hospitals with injuries sustained in the altercation.
Nick Crawford, a spokesperson for the DOC, confirmed the incident late last week but provided few details.
"I can confirm there was an altercation that took place Sunday evening between two inmates," Crawford wrote in an email to Pen City Current.
"One of the two involved was taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for further treatment and evaluation and has since been released back to the institution."
Crawford said the altercation was quickly brought under control by security staff and no staff members sustained injuries as a result of the incident.
Crawford declined to comment on the exact time of the incident and what type of weapon(s) were used in the altercation.
The incident remains under investigation.