Inmate blamed in death of state prison guard

REIDSVILLE - A guard at Georgia State Prison has died of injuries he received in a beating by a violent maximum-security inmate, officials said. <br> <br> James Henderson, an eight-year veteran of the prison system who died Monday, was the first employee to be killed by an inmate since a convicted murderer stabbed a kitchen worker in 1991. <br> <br> Prison officials said Napoleon Harris, serving time for a 1993 armed robbery in Cook County, pummeled Henderson with his hands and feet in a cellblock at the prison on May 21. Henderson, 41, had been in intensive care since the attack. <br> <br> Department of Corrections spokesman Scott Stallings said Harris assaulted Henderson when the guard told him to go into his cell for the night about 11:30 p.m. An officer who rushed to help Henderson also was attacked and was briefly hospitalized, Stallings said. <br> <br> Charges against Harris were pending. <br> <br> Harris already had three years added to his sentence for attacking other guards. His most recent citation for a disciplinary problem was Jan. 10, for throwing an unknown liquid on an officer. <br> <br> Stallings said he did not know why Harris was allowed to roam about his cellblock as a dorm orderly, responsible for keeping common areas neat and clean. <br> <br> ``Those are some legitimate questions the commissioner wants answers to,&#39;&#39; Stallings said.

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