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Man stabbed in the head, face inside Northeast Philly prison

Police are investigating after, officials say, a man was stabbed in the head and face in an attack in the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center on Saturday. It was the third stabbing in a Philly prison in 2 days

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A man was stabbed several times inside the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center in Northeast Philly on Saturday evening, according to the Philadelphia Police Department.

Law enforcement officials said that officers were alerted to the incident around 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024 after a 32-year-old man was stabbed in his head and face.

The man was taken to a nearby hospital where he was placed in stable condition, officials said.

An arrest was made, but officers were not able to recover the weapon involved, police said.

This incident comes one day after two men were stabbed inside the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility that is also located in Northeast Philadelphia.

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