Veteran corrections officer at Ohio prison killed by inmate on Christmas Day

Correction Officer Andrew Lansing Correction Officer Andrew Lansing was allegedly killed by an inmate on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2024, at Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe, Ohio. Ross County Correctional Institution

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Important Takeaways:

  • Prison director said officer Andrew Lansing “made the ultimate sacrifice.”
  • Officer Andrew Lansing was attacked Wednesday at the Ross Correctional Institution (RCI) in Chillicothe
  • The inmate suspected of killing Lansing was not immediately identified by prison officials, who said he had been transferred to the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in Lucasville, Ohio.
  • “The loss of a staff person is difficult, but to lose a family member on Christmas Day at the hands of someone in our custody is a tragedy beyond comprehension,” Annette Chambers-Smith, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, said in a statement. “Instead of going home after his shift to be with his family on this holiday, Officer Lansing made the ultimate sacrifice, and our agency will never be the same.”
  • The prison, which houses more than 2,000 inmates, has been put on lockdown as the Ohio State Highway Patrol investigates the homicide.

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