An inmate who was convicted of murder in Contra Costa County recently attacked two prison guards, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials said. Ronald D. Yandell, 62, was being escorted to his cell inside California State Prison Sacramento when he allegedly pulled out an improvised weapon on2.

An inmate at California State Prison, Sacramento is accused of the attempted homicide of two officers while they were transferring him back to his cell, authorities said Tuesday. The incident happened last Friday at the prison located in Folsom.

Correctional officers at the California State Prison, Sacramento were attacked by an inmate on Friday, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). At 8:20 a.m., two officers were attacked while escorting an inmate from the prison’s central health building to their cell.

An inmate at a California state prison is accused of trying to kill two prison guards as he was being escorted back to his cell, prison officials said.