SCI Somerset Guard Dies After Being Attacked By Inmate

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SOMERSET (AP) – Authorities say a prisoner serving life killed a western Pennsylvania state prison guard who’d confiscated a towel being used to conceal the view of his bunk.
State officials announced correctional officer Sgt. Mark Baserman died Monday, 11 days after Paul Jawon Kendrick allegedly punched him repeatedly and kicked him in the head.
Authorities say the last fatal attack by an inmate on state Corrections Department staff occurred in 197