Rikers inmate attacks captain on his night rounds by throwing feces at him, hitting him in the face and chest Capt. Nauvella Lacroix has been with New York City's Department of Corrections for almost nine years Photos show the captain standing with a soiled uniform shirt at work The inmate who struck him, Arthur Brown, has been at Rikers since 2019 Brown was arrested for trespassing and assaulting two police officers Brown twice tried to escape in 2020 Correctional officers have been leaving their jobs in droves, with some ending up at the NYPD By Adam Manno For Dailymail.Com Published: 08:29 BST, 20 July 2021 | Updated: 08:31 BST, 20 July 2021 Viewcomments A jail captain was making his nightly rounds when an inmate with a history of attacks and escape attempts hurled his feces at him Wednesday from inside his Rikers Island jail cell. Capt. Nauvella Lacroix, who's spent nearly nine years with the Department of Corrections, was struck in the face and torso area around 9.45pm. A photo shows Lacroix standing at a jail facility with his shirt smothered in human waste. Capt. Nauvella Lacroix stands at a Rikers Island facility with his shirt covered in human waste New York City correctional officers are leaving their jobs in droves, sometimes to join the New York Police Department. Above, Rikers Island in 2014 The inmate involved in the attack is identified as Arthur Brown, who records show has been incarcerated at Rikers since May 2019 on charges of felony assault and bail jumping. Brown made two dramatic escape attempts last year. In June 2020, he made it down from a roof where he was exercising with other inmates, scaled up a fence and made it to the East River before two officers jumped in the water to get him back. Days later, Brown spent 30 minutes on a roof at the complex before he was tied to a stretcher and lowered down by six officers. Brown was arrested after he trespassed at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal in lower Manhattan and assaulted two police officers in 2019, the Post reported. Currently, Brown is being held at North Infirmary Command, which houses inmates requiring infirmary care at the complex. 'I've been personally told that he has exhausted his time in punitive segregation [solitary confinement] so they can't move him,' Correction Captains’ Association president Patrick Ferraiuolo told the New York Post. 'That's unacceptable. When an inmate behaves that way and throws feces at uniformed staff, he needs to be isolated, he needs to be put in punitive segregation, there should be no exhausting of time when it comes to an inmate this violent and this dangerous but yet they continue to coddle the inmate.' New rules announced last month and expected to go into effect this fall loosen restrictions on inmates housed in city jails. As well as ending solitary confinement, the rules will grant inmates attorney representation at infraction hearings, at least 10 hours outside of their cell each day socializing with at least one other person and access to personalized behavioral support plans. Arthur Brown made two dramatic escape attempts just days apart in 2020 In the second try, he spent 30 minutes on a roof before being tied to a stretcher and lowered Hundreds of correctional officers have quit their jobs for better opportunities as they complain of bad treatment and violent conditions. A July 8 class of 555 NYPD recruits sworn in at the Police Academy included 42 former guards. 'We’re having the roughest time in my 22-year career ever,' said Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association President Benny Boscio on his radio show Sunday. 'Officers are working triple shifts, which includes … in some cases 30 hours straight. It’s a really unsafe situation for us … My corrections officers are suffering.' The New York City Department of Corrections did not respond to a request for comment from DailyMail.com Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility