A corrections officer in Miller County, Arkansas was killed in an attack at the jail Sunday afternoon.
Corrections Officers Lisa Mauldin and Demaris Allen were attacked by an inmate at the Miller County Detention Center located at 2300 East Street in Texarkana around 1 p.m., according to The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Both women were transported to Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana for treatment.
Mauldin died from her injuries, while Allen was transfered to a hospital in Little Rock.
The detention center was secured following the attacked and remained on lockdown Sunday night.
The name of the inmate who attacked the officers was not immediately available.
Officials said in a statement that they are asking for "prayers for the families of these correction officers and for the agency as we mourn the loss of one of our own."
