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

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said its Chillicothe facility was staffed to standards when one of its correction officers was fatally assaulted.

New details have emerged about the tragic Christmas Day attack that claimed the life of Ohio correction officer Andrew Lansing at the Ross Correctional Institution. Lansing, who volunteered to work the holiday shift so his colleagues could have the day off,

The loss of a staff person is difficult, but to lose a family member on Christmas Day at the hands of someone in our custody is a tragedy beyond comprehension.”

Andrew Lansing, the correction officer who was allegedly killed by an inmate on Christmas Day, will be laid to rest this Friday.

Andrew Lansing, a corrections officer at a prison in Chillicothe, Ohio, was killed Christmas Day in what state officials say was an "inmate assault."

Correction Officer Andrew Lansing died after an inmate assault at Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe

A state investigation is underway after a Ross Correctional Institution guard died during what's being called an “inmate assault” Christmas morning.

Cannon, who did this — is just pure evil," Chambers-Smith said. An incident report from the Ohio Highway Patrol, which is investigating the death, stated that Lansing suffered severe head trauma before his death.