2 inmates charged after guards attacked

Two inmates are charged in separate attacks on correctional officers at a Dartmouth jail.

Halifax Regional Police charged a 19-year-old man with assault for allegedly punching a guard at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility on Friday evening.

The correctional officer was hit while escorting a prisoner, police said Monday.

Another inmate, a 21-year-old man, is charged with a number of offences in connection with a stabbing at the jail on Saturday afternoon, including aggravated assault, assaulting a peace officer and uttering threats.

Police said the guard was stabbed in the abdomen while inspecting a cell. He went to a hospital and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Police said the two violent incidents involved different guards and don't seem to be connected.

The 21-year-old man is due in Dartmouth provincial court on Monday.

No court date has been set for the 19-year-old man.

The jail, which opened in 2001, houses both male and female offenders serving their sentences and people awaiting trial.