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Two Cushing prison inmates charged with assaulting guards
By stwnewspress.com- Chris Day
Published: 08/06/2015

Two inmates at a private prison in Cushing were charged Wednesday with assaulting a correctional officer. The charges stem from separate incidents that happened in April and June.

Denyreo Donnell Leslie Chairs, 26, was charged in Payne County District Court with assault and battery on a correctional officer, and possession of contraband in a penal institution.

Corey Antoine Hightower, 35, was charged with assault and battery on a correctional officer.

According to court documents, Chairs assaulted Cimmaron Correctional Facility officer Steve Leon on June 2. Chairs also had a cellphone in his possession at the Cushing prison, which violates state statutes.

According to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections website, Chairs is imprisoned in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. He was convicted in May 2013 for shooting with intent to kill and possession of forged notes or instruments.

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