Inmate admits to assaulting another inmate, sentenced

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the United States Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C.

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Mark Justin Daniels, an inmate at Federal Corrections Institution Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months of incarceration after admitting to an assault charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

Daniels, 36, pleaded guilty today to one count of “Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm.” Daniels admitted to assaulting another inmate in January 2021.

His sentence will run consecutively to any sentence he is currently serving.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher L. Bauer prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Prisons investigated.

Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.

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