WORCESTER – Three inmates accused in a brutal attack at a maximum security prison in central Massachusetts were brought to court Thursday to face charges in a room full of officers.
The prisoners pleaded not guilty to several charges in the assault at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster on September 18.
Prosecutors said security video showed 39-year-old Jose Crespo stabbing Correction Officer Stephen Adams 16 times, puncturing his lung. Inmate Jeffrey Tapia allegedly held Adams down. Both men are already serving life sentences. According to prosecutors, Crespo made the “sharp bladed instrument” from a light fixture…