Inmate hurt in shower beating at Jessup, taken to Shock Trauma

A Maryland corrections official says an inmate at the Jessup Correctional Institution was injured when he was beaten in the shower.

Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services spokesman Mark Vernarelli says the 21-year-old inmate serving 40 years for murder sustained head injuries in the beating at the maximum security facility in Jessup on Wednesday.

Vernarelli says the inmate was able to walk to the medical area and was alert, but was sent out to Shock Trauma as a precaution due to the head wound.

He says two suspects have been identified.