According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the correctional officers were escorting an inmate from a cell around 7 p.m. when they were attacked by an improvised weapon. The inmate was being escorted as prison staff were set to conduct a cell search.
The guards were taken to the prison's triage and treatment area before taken to an outside medical facility. CDCR officials said both officers are in "fair" condition as of Sunday.
According to correctional records, Brannigan is from Sacramento County and has been imprisoned since at least March 2011. Brannigan is serving a 17-year, 8-month sentence after being convicted of multiple offenses, including corporal injury to a spouse and criminal threats.
Officials said the case will be referred to the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office for prosecution.
According to CDCR, the prison houses more than 2,200 medium-, maximum- and high-security inmates.
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