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A British man who was jailed after abusing his then-newborn baby was allegedly held captive and hit by his fellow inmates with tuna cans and metal bars.
The incident involving Tony Smith took place on Aug. 7 at Swaleside Prison on the Isle of Sheppey, United Kingdom, as reported by the聽Daily Star yesterday, Aug. 26. Smith was apparently tied to a chair, held hostage for four hours and聽was attacked with a sock filled with tuna cans as well as metal bars by two of his fellow prisoners. He was also stamped all over his body.
The incident left him with a fractured eye socket, broken ribs and a broken jaw. The jail guard managed to get his assaulters off of him just in time. The police have also launched an investigation on the matter.
鈥淪taff resolved an incident involving three prisoners at [Her Majesty鈥檚 Prison] HMP Swaleside on Aug. 7,鈥� a Prison Service spokesman said in the report. 鈥淭he incident has been referred to the police so that it would be inappropriate to comment further.鈥�
Smith was jailed together with his partner Jodie Simpson after they were found guilty of abusing their then-41-day-old baby boy at their home in Maidstone, November 2014. Their abuse resulted to fractures in the baby鈥檚 legs, and septicemia or blood poisoning.
The injuries the infant sustained were so severe that the doctors had to amputate his legs, the report said. Smith and Simpson admitted they delayed taking Tony to the hospital because they had been waiting for a plumber to fix their broiler.
Since the incident, the baby went to foster care. He has been adopted by a new family not long after.
Meanwhile, this was not the first time an inmate was injured inside HMP Swaleside. The prison was notoriously referred to as 鈥渟tab city鈥� by inmates, as stated in a report by聽KentLive聽in March this year. The prison got its infamous nickname because of the increasing incidents of self-harm, suicide and violence among inmates.
鈥淪waleside is like no other prison you鈥檒l ever experience. It鈥檚 a simmering volcano,鈥� ex-prisoner 鈥淩icky鈥� told the publication. 鈥淭here is a lot of violence there, people were cut, stabbed, battered, tied up, extorted, and severely bullied.鈥� Kate Matriano/JB
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