Former border agent assualted in prison

Washington Times:

A former U.S. Border Patrol agent sentenced with his partner to prison for shooting a drug smuggling suspect suffered "minor" injuries when he was assaulted Saturday night by fellow inmates at a federal prison in Mississippi, the White House said yesterday.
White House spokesman Tony Snow, reading a statement from a Bureau of Prisons official at the Federal Correctional Complex in Yazoo City, Miss., said a "thorough investigation" has been ordered into the incident.
Agents Ignacio Ramos, 37, and Jose Alonso Compean, 28, surrendered to federal authorities Jan. 17 to begin 11- and 12-year prison sentences, respectively, for shooting the suspect in the buttocks after he abandoned a van with 743 pounds of marijuana along the Mexico border in Texas.
Ramos was sent to Mississippi and Compean to the Federal Correctional Institution in Elkton, Ohio.
In the one-paragraph statement, bureau spokesman Charles Smith said that Ramos reported to prison officials at 10:15 p.m. Saturday, that he had been assaulted and that an evaluation by the facility's medical staff determined that he sustained "some bruises and abrasions."
"The injuries sustained were minor in nature," Mr. Smith said. "Inmate Ramos was subsequently placed in the special housing unit, pending a thorough investigation of the incident. He will remain in the special housing unit until the conclusion of this investigation. No further information is available at this time."
Spokeswoman Traci Billingsley said in Washington that the bureau has "a long history of safely housing sentenced law-enforcement officers in general population," adding that the assault occurred immediately after the airing of a television show that described Ramos' case.
"It is regrettable that Mr. Ramos was assaulted, and the Bureau of Prisons will take appropriate actions to determine an appropriate housing status and ensure his ongoing safety," she said. "The Bureau of Prisons is vigorously investigating the matter and will pursue all appropriate sanctions against the assailants."
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While his injuries were "minor" they were certainly more severe than those of the woman allegedly assaulted by the astronaut who has been charged with attempted murder. The justice system is not looking good in either of these cases, but they both stem from the same problem. Over zealous prosecution in high profile cases.