Inmate is found stabbed in prison yard

Guards found an inmate with stab wounds in the neck and chest about 8: 25 p.m. yesterday in a recreation yard at the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup, a state Division of Correction spokesman said.

The inmate, 37, whose name was not released, was in stable condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, spokesman Dave Towers said.

No arrest had been made and no weapon was found, he said. Inmates will be confined to their cells during an investigation, he said.

Pub Date: 8/26/97