Inmate bites caseworker, punches guards at Nebraska prison
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Officials say an inmate punched two guards and bit a caseworker at a Nebraska prison with a history of deadly riots.
The Nebraska Correctional Services Department says the melee broke out Wednesday at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution as staffers removed apparently inebriated inmates from a housing unit.
The department said in a statement Thursday that one of the inmates started throwing punches when he learned he would be handcuffed. Staffers responded with pepper spray. The inmate then bit the caseworker's thigh.
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The guards were treated at a hospital. The caseworker didn't seek medical care.
The department hasn't released the inmate's name.
Two inmates were killed and more were injured during a riot at the facility March 2. Two inmates also were killed there during a May 2015 riot.