Bio & Incident Details
Age: 47
Tour: 12 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Stabbed
Incident Date: 1/20/2012
Weapon: Edged weapon; Shank
Suspect: In custody
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Corporal Barbara Ester was stabbed to death by an inmate at the East Arkansas Regional Unit in Brickeys, Arkansas.
She had observed an inmate in possession of contraband pair of sneakers and entered the open barracks to confiscate them. As she approached the inmate he suddenly stabbed her twice in the stomach with a shank.
Corporal Ester was flown to a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where she succumbed to her wounds.
The inmate, who was serving a life sentence for murder, was immediately taken into custody and transferred to the maximum security wing of the prison.
Corporal Ester had served with the Arkansas Department of Correction for 12 years. She is survived by her husband, who also serves as an officer at the same facility, and one child.
