Inmate accused of beating corrections officer to death

HARRISBURG, Pa. — An inmate at the State Correctional Institution in Somerset is accused of beating a corrections officer to death.

According to a news release, Sgt. Mark Baserman was sitting at a desk in a housing unit day room when an inmate approached him and began assaulting him on Feb. 15.

Baserman died in the hospital on Monday.

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A second officer who tried to stop the beating was also hurt.

That inmate has been identified as Paul Kendrick, 22, of Pittsburgh, who was already facing a life sentence for first-degree murder.

He's now been charged in connection with this attack as well.

Gov. Tom Wolf said the state is offering the department of corrections all the resources it needs during this time.

The last time an inmate killed a prison staff member in Pennsylvania was in 1979.

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