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Inmates attack officers at state prison in Lancaster

by The AV Times Staff • June 28, 2016

LANCASTER – Four correctional officers were injured Tuesday during inmate attacks at the California State Prison in Lancaster, authorities said.

The first incident took place about 8:20 a.m., when inmate Daniel Camp, 51, allegedly left his prison cell and attacked two officers who were escorting his cellmate, Antoine LeBlanc, 29, back to the cell, according to Lt. Duane Bennett.

One officer used pepper spray to stop the attack, Bennett said, but LeBlanc forced an officer over the stair railing and the officer fell one story. As the other officer attempted to subdue LeBlanc, both fell down the stairs.

The officers were taken to a hospital to treat cuts to their heads and faces, Bennett said. One officer required five staples to the back of his head and will be kept overnight for observation. The second officer was released and is recovering at home.

LeBlanc and Camp were examined by prison medical staff, Bennett said. LeBlanc sustained a cut to his forehead, and Camp was uninjured.

Both inmates will be transferred to the California Institution for Men in Chino, where they will be housed in the Administrative Segregation Unit while the incident is investigated.

Camp was serving a sentence of 29 years to life, with the possibility of parole, for first-degree murder. LeBlanc was serving a 37-year sentence for kidnapping, voluntary manslaughter, second-degree robbery and assault with a firearm.

Following the attack, a third inmate, Ryan Brown, 26, was escorted off the yard due to behavior issues, when he allegedly head-butted an officer, Bennett said. Two officers were injured during that incident, and both were transported to a medical clinic for treatment. Brown sustained swelling around his eye and a cut on his mouth.

Brown is serving a 29-year sentence for attempted second-degree murder.

Officials are investigating whether the two incidents are related, Bennett said.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Lancaster

78 comments for "Inmates attack officers at state prison in Lancaster"

  1. Kimberly noel says

    September 25, 2016 at 8:56 pm

    I can’t believe how people talk about .what about the ones who do 20 years then they find out find out there innocent.u people who talk bad about prison are idiots and should shove ur heads back up ur ass.cops are evil

  2. Regina Patton says

    July 17, 2016 at 1:48 am

    I’ve read some of the comments left I’m just amazed at how blinded some people are I’m a single mom with 4 kids . And both parties are right there are a lot and I mean A LOT of corrupt cops especially in the av. But there are some cops that are doing a great job. Keep this in mind not everybody that does a prison term is guilty . And not everyone in prison is scum . Some people in there are in there because they hurt or murdered someone for hurting or molesting or raping a child a d all do to the fact that the police wouldn’t do anything . Who are we to judge just because someone sins different then you don’t give you the right to judge the one that can judge us GOD . so get over yourself . .oh BTW I’ve been to prison and I’ve the injustice infant insert that was treated to some inmates as well as myself not to mention that I was in there for someone else’s crime so before you go judging and pointing the finger maybe you should take a good inventory of yourself have a good night

  3. Danny says

    July 5, 2016 at 3:54 pm

    If you in prison you should have no rights your scum on the sole of society’s heel that needs to be wiped off. Dogs and cats in animal control should have better treatment than the scum in prison.

    • Tim Scott says

      July 5, 2016 at 5:43 pm

      If you really feel that way you should move.

      Incarceration = no rights isn’t hard to find.

      Try North Korea.

      Goodbye and good riddance.

    • Tony says

      November 25, 2016 at 8:39 am

      hey danny….wait till you are like me, wrongfully convicted and served 12 years in a maximum security prison….involved in countless riots and screwed over by numerous guards and free staff. most staff assaults are trumped up i can tell you from experience. the ccpoa protects the cops that assault inmates. and we do not attack unless seriously provoked. additionally, you should count yourself lucky that none of the people you called scum have your personal information. You are an internet warrior that has never seen real men in a real setting that are on the front lines everyday….

  4. Prayers says

    June 30, 2016 at 8:41 pm

    Prayers for the correction officers. My father was a CO before becoming a sheriff it’s a rough career they are keeping streets clean and CO’s have to look into the eyes of people who have murdered children, women, and more…. If I were a CO I would slip a billy bump once in a while myself. This is why I did not go into that career path myself.

    • Tim Scott says

      July 2, 2016 at 12:45 am

      So…you think you would probably enjoy torturing people so long as you could rationalize that they “deserve it.”

      And you talk about praying.

      Aren’t you just the mass of contradictions.

  5. Loretta says

    June 30, 2016 at 9:33 am

    I’v read some of the comments on here and shame of you. first of all Thank you to all our correctional Officers who put their lives out there for our safety. Second I hope all of you a speedy recovery and God Bless you all and your families for what you do. To you people who feel its always the fault of a police officer for what a criminal does needs to step in their shoes for a week or so then you won’t be so quick to judge. Do any of you think for one minute that when these men and women go to work they go there just to torment inmates? These inmates have more legal rights then the officers have. If you had family forking in that prison instead of family serving time you’d be talking out of the other side of your mouths. so all I have to say is KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK TO ALL THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AT ALL PRISONS AND COME HOME SAFE TO YOUR FAMILIES. SUPPORT OUR POLICE

    • Tim Scott says

      June 30, 2016 at 9:53 am

      “Do any of you think for one minute that when these men and women go to work they go there just to torment inmates?”

      No, they also like the paycheck.

      Our society sends people to prison AS punishment, not FOR punishment. Unfortunately, many people do not understand that, and some of those people take jobs in the prisons. Once there, they set about inflicting the punishment that they think is “deserved” as opposed to the punishment already administered by the courts.

      Eventually, these sadists always find out that they are outnumbered. The “blue wall of silence” that has allowed them to get away with what they do generally only extends as far as not reporting them, but doesn’t involve protecting them when the reckoning comes. The inmates will resolve the problem, the sadists will either learn a lesson or change jobs, the silent majority of cops will go back about their business, and the sycophants will make noises about how correctional officers are the greatest and deserve our respect instead of being the cowardly crowd that they are.

      • Stanford 2 says

        June 30, 2016 at 11:52 am

        Ur so right bro

      • Gregory Hernandez LLA says

        June 30, 2016 at 9:18 pm

        Mr Scott
        please contact me. im w an AV activist coalition. need a political advisor whose thoughts are independant from the AV status quo. Praetorian.Omega6@yahoo.com FB = Antelope Valley Peoples Coalition 818.454.6675 >>..

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        • Shane Falco says

          July 1, 2016 at 7:17 am

          I can’t think of a better defender of convicted child abusers, molesters, wife beaters, thieves and overall cretins who can’t stay out of trouble…than Tim.

          Leave it to him to blame the high crime rates and horrible neighborhoods on bad cops.

          • TIMSCOTT4MAYOR says

            July 1, 2016 at 1:06 pm

            No Tim Scott likes to hold CO’s and Police officers accountable for their actions pal.

          • Tim Scott says

            July 1, 2016 at 1:55 pm

            Thanks for the effort, but countering Shane is pointless. He’s demonstrated what a narrow minded view of the world he has, so no one but the sycophant crowd takes him seriously anyway.

            It’s always fun to make fun of him though.

          • Shane Falco says

            July 1, 2016 at 4:31 pm

            Of course, hold bad cops accountable, in fact don’t let them in to begin with.

            I wish Tim held rapists, molesters, child avoiders and sewage sludge as accountable but once you say anything negative about them Tim will march in and start in on cops.

          • Tim Scott says

            July 1, 2016 at 5:49 pm

            LOL…that’s just you. I “march in” and make fun of you, pretty much no matter how you phrase the arrogant spew that you put out.

            That’s because, at the root, that arrogant spew is always of the form “glory be to Falco, son of cops, we are just the best and everyone else is sewer sludge to be trodden under our wondrous feet.” Since you’ve played it so consistently for so long my response has become consistent also.

      • Derek says

        July 8, 2016 at 2:55 pm

        Inmates are random grab [removed] peacies of [removed]. tim scott you imply that the inmates were justified, you should reconsider this.

        • Tim Scott says

          July 8, 2016 at 3:00 pm

          Wow! Due to the amazingly detailed argument you presented I spent almost five milliseconds reconsidering..then recognized that other than some aimless name calling you actually said nothing at all.

      • Tony says

        November 25, 2016 at 8:41 am

        thank you tim scott….you are exactly right.

    • Aaronn says

      June 30, 2016 at 6:26 pm

      I am sorry to say Ms. Loretta if you think that there are no officers that come to work to torment, I can tell you first hand that is wrong. They didn’t deserve the injuries, that’s a given. However, the bias is clear in your words, I know it is not out of hate but a reflection of what the media / conservative population tells people. We are brought up to doubt corruption and malice in officers of the law, that is because the media doesn’t want to mess with our CCPoA because they have deep pockets. COs do come in there to make your time worse, one might say that it might make them not want to come back, but that isn’t what causes that, Prison programs do. I hope they have a speedy recovery and if they DID in fact invite the incident, I hope they learned as well.

  6. den says

    June 30, 2016 at 2:53 am

    [removed] em . The only good yard in Lancaster prison is the 1 yard . And this didnt happen on the 1 yard . These were SNY inmates (pieces of [removed]) non- GP .

  7. Magilla says

    June 29, 2016 at 8:46 pm

    This is a set up. [removed] CDC.

  8. Harry says

    June 29, 2016 at 7:00 pm

    There should be the death penalty for those type of inmates first.

  9. ExAV says

    June 29, 2016 at 5:30 pm

    Boo hoo. If you can’t take it, don’t apply for the job. With your gold plated benefits packages that would make a Congress-critter blush, maybe.

  10. Lalo martinez says

    June 29, 2016 at 4:43 pm

    I know one thing if a C/O gets attacked it’s because the officer provoked it I’m positive that they did, I know that being an ex inmate and doing more than 20 years in prison each and every attack on a officer has been because of their treatment of inmates and the abuse of their position and power. I don’t condoned it but I know for a fact those officers did wrong or pushed buttons.

    • CO says

      June 29, 2016 at 7:11 pm

      You sound like an inmate lover. Learn prison politics before you think you know something.

      • ziomara Reyes says

        June 29, 2016 at 11:23 pm

        You sound like a Dick^^^
        Do you think those officers got attacked just because they stand their and do their job?? Lmao yeah …. They did something to push the wrong buttons, they think their the [removed] because their cops, some are corrupted and some just actually do their jobs and when do you ever hear them being attacked?? .. Thank you

        • Over your BS says

          June 30, 2016 at 8:55 am

          Those men are pieces of [removed] they don’t have to be provoked to attack an officer. I agree, you sound like an inmate lover and if you want to talk [removed] about their job then go apply. I’ll laugh when you eat your words.

        • Sandy says

          July 1, 2016 at 7:08 pm

          You are a idiot why in the hell are they in prison. Because they are good boys????? People are crazy!!!!!! If the l prisoners were such up standing citizens they would do their time and not get into trouble. They would never be in prison if they minded their own business. Look at that Jennings guy he was sentence to prison he was innocent and by being good and keeping the faith he is almost a free man. I sure he was a model prisoner.

          • Joe Jo says

            July 12, 2016 at 2:00 pm

            When your doing life, you have nothing to lose. What are they going to do, worst case scenario get another life sentence or death penalty?? Already doing life, what’s another life sentence added on going to do. And the death penalty in california?… no one gets executed. Most likely to die of natural causes than to get executed.

          • Tim Scott says

            July 12, 2016 at 3:47 pm

            Nothing to lose? Really? Voice of experience? Or a wild guess?

  11. joe williams says

    June 29, 2016 at 12:52 pm

    I am a retired correctional sergeant , we are the best train in the nation , for the person who asked ,he wonder what the officer did to provoke the altercation? , most inmates dont need a resaon they see us as the enemy they were in for murder rape , kidnape not for missing sunday school, maybe you should put on the uniform and go in the lions den for a day you probable piss your pants .

    • Speak for the people says

      June 29, 2016 at 1:11 pm

      Most officers provoke this type of nonsence its unfair the way our police are today. They do what they want and say what they want and get away with what they want. Former sheriff lee baca was suppose to spend his time in prison but instead they let him off light because he has eltimers . not fair. Just like our police and prison system is. Im sure you did someone dirty in prison as a correctional officer im sure you beat a inmate up just cus you felt like it. God please bring us peace from these devils and send them to hell if they deserve it!

    • Tim Scott says

      June 29, 2016 at 1:45 pm

      Apparently that “best train in the nation” didn’t require you to be fluent in English.

      • Shane Falco says

        June 29, 2016 at 6:00 pm

        He sounds like he’s one of those people who live in a townhome.

        • Tim Scott says

          June 29, 2016 at 7:22 pm

          LOL…you sound like one of those people who thinks you need a certain size house to make up for your deficiencies.

    • Maria Hernandez says

      June 30, 2016 at 6:05 am

      Lol!! Best trained in the nation?? And no it’s all about respect SERGEANT.. U know dam well the the CO are very corrupt and push inmates buttons until [removed] like this happens. If staff would take one moment to hear inmates needs and not treat them like animals it would be a complete different story. You guys treat inmates like dogs and u can only kick a dog so many times until they finally bite back.

      • Sandy says

        July 1, 2016 at 8:48 pm

        Their needs are you for real what about the needs of the people they killed, raped, stole from are you kidding me. What is this world coming to!#

    • Stanford Jackson says

      June 30, 2016 at 11:58 am

      U correctional officers bring drugs in make a [removed] load of money the bag the guy u were bringing the drugs and contraband too and plant weapons on them and transfer them to another prison….and do it all over again….I’m putting together right now real footage to show u how u fascist pricks were doing inmates in CSP centinela…REAL FOOTAGE THAT’S GONNA [removed] YOU GUYS HEADS UP!!! COMING SOON BELLY OF THE BEAST

  12. Nene says

    June 29, 2016 at 8:48 am

    Right!!!! What I want to know is what made them do it!!!! Its always to sides to the story. Who they gone hear out though! I have a couple of family and friends doing timed in that prison!!!! Can’t wait cor them all to come home. Officers always harassing them, taking things from them they are able to have. People get sick and they wait, and wait for them to be seen by a doctor, then die the following week. Like let them do their time and get on. God is good and he the only one that will tell the story as is! I dislike this prison and the rude and disrespectful officers that work there. I justs pray my family be able to do their time and downy have to be set up by the police!!!

    • Truth be told says

      June 29, 2016 at 4:23 pm

      Nene you’re right there are two sides to the story…the right side and the wrong side. It’s very apparent your family members are on the “wrong side ” which is why they are doing time. And for those of you whom are oh so opioniated in regards to what happens in a prison and think these prisoners are in there for minor offenses please go to a doctor and have them pull your head out off your ass and maybe just maybe you’ll wake up and see how stupid you actually sound defending criminals and not the people protecting you from them. By the way you don’t “speak for the people” at least not the people I know ! Have a nice day in you fantasy world.

    • Rose says

      June 29, 2016 at 7:50 pm

      Why is your family in prison? Oh, I’m sure it was a mistake. Bull. People don’t go to jail for nothing. They are not and should not have a confortable time in prison. And when they start fights, they reap the conquences. R

      • Tree says

        June 30, 2016 at 7:11 am

        Wrong, people goto jail all the time.. For Nothing.. Smh wake up

  13. Obie anthony says

    June 29, 2016 at 7:11 am

    My prayers goes out to the inmate because while they serve their time for crimes they will continue to be tortured by the Crooked correction officers that they surrounded by.

    • Shane Falco says

      June 29, 2016 at 8:39 am

      Let me define irony for you. The inmate is in prison for being a crooked person who has been sent to prison for terrorizing their community and the neighborhoods they would continue to torture.

      Don’t like how the officers treat you? Stop committing crime.

      • Tim Scott says

        June 29, 2016 at 8:51 am

        Don’t like how people react when you enjoy torturing other humans? Get a badge and Shane will defend you.

      • Fighting for rights says

        June 29, 2016 at 7:21 pm

        Shane I agree with you 100%. People forget that these individuals have committed crimes, have raped,Murdered, have caused great pain in most cases to innocent people yet want respect and rights (smh) what happened to the victims where and when do they get their rights?

        • Tim Scott says

          June 29, 2016 at 7:24 pm

          How exactly does letting badged thugs ignore the law do anything good for these crime victims?

    • Sharon says

      June 29, 2016 at 6:07 pm

      You do the crime you do the time. You could do your time in Arizona with go ol Joe Apiro not spelled right. He runs a chain gang. His inmates do sit in air conditioning with tv .

      • Sharon says

        June 29, 2016 at 6:12 pm

        Should have read don’t sit in air conditioning and with a tv

      • Lynn says

        June 29, 2016 at 6:39 pm

        You are the only one who has made any sense from what i have read. Poor inmates. Smh they were in for violent crimes!

  14. marlene says

    June 29, 2016 at 7:09 am

    There are always two sides to a story. Just because someone is convicted of being a murder or for attempted murder does not always mean they are guilty or that they are a animal. I’m sure there is way more to the story then what’s portrayed. Praying for both parties because at the end of the day everyone deserves to be treated equally as a prisoner or a guard!

    • Chuck says

      June 29, 2016 at 3:16 pm

      There are not really 2 sides of a story. There is the of the defendant(s). There is the side of the complantaint and somewhere in between the side that is the truth.

  15. Dave & Linda says

    June 29, 2016 at 3:55 am

    The yard can’t be seen by the public eye, but these men have been found guilty for murder hainis crimes apon the innocent… I’m sorry for the correctional officers that were injured they’re doing their jobs being good citizens.. God be with them and their families..

  16. Vivian Wilson says

    June 28, 2016 at 10:44 pm

    Very dangerous job! Praying for the officers that were injured & for the entire staff!!

    • Tim Scott says

      June 30, 2016 at 2:10 pm

      Less dangerous than being a garbageman, and we don’t let garbagemen torture people as a fringe benefit.

      • Shane Falco says

        June 30, 2016 at 3:15 pm

        So who “lets” C/O’s touch up inmates?

        What you often have are C/O’s who couldn’t qualify as police officers who often take these jobs. Many certain types of C/O’s start fraternizing with inmates out of fear. They think that if these inmates think you’re their dawg, homie or carnal…then they won’t ever attack you and they’ll instead go after the C/O’s who make them follow the rules.

        Soon these officers are smuggling in phones, dope and contraband for their new friends and making money “getting they hustle on”. They also start taking the inmates side against officers who are following policy, because now that these C/O’s are in business with the bottom feeder, criminal, manipulative inmates, the inmate now has control and now can back mail the C/O for even more.

        For an example, you need to look no further than Dena Boy Andre Scott.

        The C/O’s that won’t lower themselves to the inmates and inmate friendly staff soon become targets of the inmates and the C/O’s that are running with the inmates. The good C/O’s end up with a target on their back.

        Once again, Tim…improve the hiring standards and look for more educated applicants rather than barely eligible who barely passed an entrance exam.

        • Tim Scott says

          June 30, 2016 at 8:13 pm

          LOL…once again, if the world were only full of Falcos just think how wonderful Shane would believe the world to be.

          Of course if the world were full of Falcos other people would have to have hung themselves or something, which if the world were full of Falcos would probably seem like a good idea.

          Fortunately, people like Shane are thin enough on the ground that they can be laughed off.

  17. I've seen itall says

    June 28, 2016 at 10:29 pm

    And Governor Brown will have them all released by next year!

  18. CTurner says

    June 28, 2016 at 10:28 pm

    I hope all the officers heal fast and get justice for the attack on them ………

  19. Ely says

    June 28, 2016 at 10:08 pm

    I pray that all who were injured have a fast recovery. My heart goes out to the officers who were injured while trying to protect and serve our community. May their families be at peace.

  20. Moe says

    June 28, 2016 at 8:20 pm

    Walking dead that means they will die in prison

  21. Vilana says

    June 28, 2016 at 7:14 pm

    Everyone thinks it’s empty because they thinking of the prison on corner which is Mira loma and that’s closed! The other prison which is the state prison is open. These officers were dealing with a crazy person!

  22. Alicia says

    June 28, 2016 at 6:46 pm

    I’m trying to figure out what the officers may have done to trigger the assault !

    • Christopher Goleco says

      June 29, 2016 at 9:16 am

      What the officers may have done to trigger the assault? They came to work, that’s what they did!

    • Karen says

      June 29, 2016 at 10:58 am

      The officers don’t have to do anything to provoke an attack, other than be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Inmates have 24hr/day to plan. When an opportunity arises they take it. Who is involved (officers) is not always part of the plan.

  23. Jimmy Dean says

    June 28, 2016 at 6:01 pm

    The prison yards are not visible from outside the facility.

  24. Sandra says

    June 28, 2016 at 5:45 pm

    Oh, I thought that prison was empty.

    • PLW says

      June 28, 2016 at 5:54 pm

      It always looks deserted. No matter what time of the day it is, you never see any inmates outside.

    • Crysta says

      June 28, 2016 at 6:02 pm

      If you look where the officers who work there park, there’s always cars.

    • Jimmy Dean says

      June 28, 2016 at 6:04 pm

      3500 inmates live there. Many are toe-tag paroles; alot of life w/o parole.

      • Hap says

        June 28, 2016 at 7:02 pm

        What is a tag toe

        • Jason Zink says

          June 29, 2016 at 1:18 am

          Video: https://youtu.be/5aArwLBqYP4

          HBO Documentary Lancaster State Prison
          http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/toe-tag-parole-to-live-and-die-on-yard-a/synopsis.html

          • alinda says

            June 29, 2016 at 5:05 pm

            Thanks for posting the link.

        • Maple says

          June 29, 2016 at 4:48 am

          “Tag toe” means that they only get “paroled” or released from prison after they die.

    • D says

      June 28, 2016 at 8:42 pm

      There are over 4,000 prisoners there.

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