COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla. – The state is now investigating a Friday morning stabbing at the Columbia Correctional Institution Annex.
An inmate stabbed another inmate during a fight about 10 a.m. New Year's Day, officials said.
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The wounded inmate was treated at an outside facility.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Florida Department of Corrections are investigating the incident.
The correctional institution has a history of incidents like this.
Last May, two officers were charged with beating an inmate.
In July 2014, an inmate killed another inmate, and the American Civil Liberties Union demanded a federal investigation.
In 2012, Correctional Officer Ruben Thomas was killed by an inmate. He was stabbed 14 times with a makeshift knife.
