On Oct. 24, 2012, Spring Creek Correctional Center officer Kim Spalding was pinned and beaten around the head and body for about 50 seconds before managing to wield a pocketknife he had on his person. After Spalding stabbed two of the inmates repeatedly, the attackers relented and ceased the assault. Spalding, who had a previous 15 year career as a police officer, had been working at SCCC for 5.5 years. Wolfgang Kurtz wrote about the attack, and Spalding’s subsequent firing in the March 21, 2013 Seward Phoenix Log. Questions remain After SCCC Attack:

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Note: Seward City News had attempted to bring you the true story at the time. We had seen SPD entries in its daily journal of calls referring to “Multiple stab victims” at Spring Creek, and the need for a couple of ambulances on scene. But the press release that the Department of Corrections issued only said that a corrections officer had been attacked, and neither DOC, nor the Alaska State Troopers, who were investigating would provide additional information. (HZ)