CLALLAM BAY — The final investigator’s report on an assault on a Clallam Bay Corrections Center officer has been referred to the Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
Prosecutors are reviewing the report received Wednesday, said April King, the deputy prosecuting attorney assigned to the case.
Investigators said inmate Abdinjib Ibraham, 28, of King County attacked Correctional Officer Terry Breedlove on Jan. 25, hitting him repeatedly on the head with the top of a metal stool.
Breedlove, 51, was hospitalized with a brain and spinal cord injury, as well as severe facial lacerations and bruising.
He was released from Forks Community Hospital on Feb. 3 and is recovering at the Forks home of his mother, Joanne Spaulding, who could not be reached for comment Thursday.
King could not say when a charging decision will be made.
“A case of this significance takes time to review,” she said.
King said that once the file is reviewed, there might be a follow-up investigation to answer any questions left by the initial investigation by Clallam County Sheriff’s Deputy Ed Anderson.
The prison, which holds 900 inmates, went on lockdown after the attack and remained on lockdown until last Monday.
During a lockdown, inmates are confined to their cells and there is no visitation.
There is no current lockdown, and visitation is expected to resume this weekend, said Jeremy Barclay, spokesman for the state Department of Corrections.
Investigators have said that Breedlove was on duty in a medium-security portion of the prison when he was attacked.
Ibraham had pried a round metal seat off a stool in a cell and repeatedly hit Breedlove over the head with it until another inmate stopped the attack, investigators have said.
Investigators have said Ibraham shouted “Allahu akbar” (an Islamic phrase meaning “God is greater”) twice — once when he hit the guard and again after the attack.
Security cameras were not working at the time, investigators have said.
Prison officials said the cameras have since become operational.
Teamsters Local 117, which represents union members at state prisons, is “looking into reports that safety issues in Officer Breedlove’s unit were not properly addressed,” said Michelle Woodrow, president and director of corrections and law enforcement for Teamsters Local 117, last month.
Ibraham, who was serving a King County sentence for four counts of vehicular assault, driving under the influence, second-degree taking a motor vehicle and first-degree robbery, has been transferred to a corrections facility in Shelton.
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Executive Editor Leah Leach contributed to this report.
