Correctional Officer Larry L. Stell

Larry L. Stell

Correctional Officer Larry Stell was fatally stabbed by an inmate at the Telfair State Prison in Helena, Georgia.

The attack occurred in a dormitory area that housed approximately 80 inmates. The inmate, 30, who stabbed him was subdued and transferred to another prison. The inmate was serving a life sentence for the murder of a man in Cordele in October of 2008. He was charged with Officer Stell's murder.

Correctional Officer Stell had served with the Georgia Department of Corrections for 11 years. He is survived by his wife.