RTC staff member gets assaulted by inmate

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Authorities are investigating an assault of a staff member at the Reception and Treatment Center. 

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services said that an inmate at the RTC assaulted a staff member resulting in serious injury, Saturday. 

NDCS said the assault happened in the afternoon when the staff member was escorting the inmate from a holding cell to the bathroom and back again. 

The inmate reportedly refused to return to the holding cell and punched the staff member in the face. 

Officials said that the staff member was able to subdue the inmate until a responding staff member removed him from the area. 

The injured staff member was treated at the hospital for a broken nose, NDCS said. 

This incident is under investigation.