Officials provide details on ‘inmate assault’ at Ohio prison [Video]

ROSS COUNTY, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction released new information on the events leading up to the death of corrections officer Andrew Lansing.

The incident happened on Christmas morning at the Ross Correctional Institution. Officials said Lansing died following an “inmate assault” at the high-security prison in Ross County.

In a press conference Friday, ODRC Director Annette Chambers-Smith said that Lansing, a father and husband, had volunteered to work overtime on Christmas.

You can watch the full press conference in the video player below:

“All he was trying to do was his job, and he was doing it very well,” Chambers-Smith said.

Chamber-Smith said the attack occurred when Cannon and his unit were heading to the dining hall. She said Cannon veered off from his group to find Lansing in his guard shack in …