An inmate at the Greene Correctional Facility in Coxsackie is accused of attacking and injuring a guard.
Officials say the inmate, Shakar Lerke, who is serving a three year attempted robbery sentence, punched an officer in the face, and tried to slash her when inmates were lining up to go for breakfast Saturday morning.
Other officers responded, and were able to subdue the inmate, who continued to fight them. They say they recovered a sharpened piece of metal with a cloth handle at the scene of the assault, and another weapon in his cell.
The female officer had a broken finger and several cuts and bruises, the other officers were treated for minor injuries.
Lerke has since been transferred out of the facility.