_{Above: Inmates Jose Gonzalez (left), Richard Wilson (center) and Luis Torres (right) are accused of attacking a Pelican Bay State Prison corrections officer in the dining hall on Thursday. | Photos courtesy of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation}

A Pelican Bay State Prison corrections officer is in the hospital after three inmates attacked him in a dining hall at about 7:15 a.m. Thursday.

Anthony Rivera is being treated for multiple injuries and is in the intensive care unit, according to a GoFundMe campaign created to support his family.

According to a news release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Rivera sustained a laceration and puncture wounds. Prison staff used OC pepper spray to halt the attack and found an inmate-manufactured weapon at the scene. The inmates allegedly involved, Jose Gonzalez, Richard Wilson and Luis Torres were transferred to another institution to be placed in restrictive housing, according to the news release.

The case is still under investigation and will be referred to the Del Norte County District Attorney’s Office for possible felony prosecution, according to the release.

Gonzalez, 38, was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for first-degree murder, evading or attempting to evade a peace officer while driving recklessly and intentional discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury or death, according to CDCR’s news release.

Gonzalez came to Pelican Bay State Prison from Los Angeles County on June 25, 2008.

Wilson, 32, arrived at Pelican Bay on Jan. 17, 2015 from Sacramento County.

In addition to receiving a 14-year sentence for DUI causing bodily injury with enhancements for a prior felony conviction, Wilson received an additional three-year sentence in 2018 for battery of a non-prisoner while he was at Pelican Bay. In 2021, a Del Norte County judge added another year to his sentence for possession/manufacture of a deadly weapon by an incarcerated person.

Torres, 34, is from Los Angeles County and was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for first-degree murder. He has been at Pelican Bay since February 2014.

While incarcerated he was sentenced to an additional four years for assault by prisoner with any means of force likely causing great-bodily injury.

The GoFundMe campaign for Rivera has so far raised $6,768 out of a $9,000 goal.