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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) A guard at the James River Correctional Center is hospitalized after he was assaulted by an inmate on Sunday. The Highway Patrol is investigating the attack. Captain Bryan Niewind.

Corrections officer, Jeremiah McDonald was airlifted to a Bismarck hospital and being treated for severe head injuries

Niewind said charges will be filed against the inmate, Shawn Ostafin. He served time for the 1990 murders of his father and stepmother in Mandan and is serving a sentence for terrorizing. Last year Ostafin,was disciplined for assaulting 2 staff members at the State Penitentiary in Bismarck.