Two men from Nova Scotia are facing charges after an incident at the Atlantic Institution in Renous.
RCMP say a 28-year-old inmate was badly injured on September 26th an taken to hospital.
On December 7th, James Bernard Melvin and Morgan James McNeil were each charged with two counts of aggravated assault.
They remain in custody and will return to court in Miramichi in February.
The victim remains in hospital with serious, but what are believed to be non life threatening injuries.
