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"Criminal charges could be reviewed Friday against a man who attacked staff at the Milwaukee County Jail, injuring three guards.The melee broke out Tuesday, and it took a number of officers to control the man.There were already concerns about the man's stability well before the assault.The video from inside the jail shows 43-year-old Leopoldo Santos-Fernandez moving into a restricted area and aggressively start throwing punches at a corrections officer.Watch raw video of attackEven as another guard moved in -- and later another -- Santos-Fernandez continued to fight, the video showed.They were finally able to get him to the ground and under control. Jail staff already knew the inmate was undergoing an extended psychiatric evaluation.\"It's a volatile environment,\" Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said.Clarke said the officer tried to use aTaser, but it was knocked out of his hand. Clarke said in the wake of the incident, he's re-evaluating the response to attacks on guards.\"We will take a look at some more things. If we can find more interventions for defensive weapons I'm going to do that, and continually improve this environment for these officers,\" Clarke said.The outburst by Santos-Fernandez didn't come as a complete surprise. WISN 12 News learned he was awaiting trial for slashing his roommate's throat in May at their West Allis home after an argument about religion.The roommate barely survived, and police said they found Santos-Fernandez babbling in the backyard holding a Bible.VIDEO: Video shows man throwing punches at guardsSantos-Fernandez remains at the Milwaukee County Jail. His attorney is mounting a defense of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. A psychiatrist's report was scheduled to be revealed in court next week.The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office is still waiting on reports from the sheriff's office, before filing new charges for the attack at the jail."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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