Robert Pickton, a convicted serial killer in the death of a Calgary woman, was hospitalized after the attack

Robert Pickton is recovering in a Quebec hospital after being attacked in prison on Sunday.

He was sentenced to life in prison in Port Cartier, north of Quebec City.

The Correctional Service of Canada says another inmate assaulted Picton on Sunday, resulting in life-threatening injuries.

According to Quebec police, the prisoner is a 51-year-old man.

Pickton was convicted of six counts of second-degree murder after being charged with the deaths of more than two dozen women, including many who disappeared in Vancouver's east side.

One of his victims was Brenda Wolfe.

He was born in Lethbridge and grew up in Calgary before moving to Vancouver.

Her daughter, Angel Wolfe, is studying to become a public health worker in Toronto.

“For me and my family, we feel that karma has finally caught up with the person,” Wolff said.

“This is the outcome I've been praying for since I was little and you have to understand, I don't wish anything bad on anybody, but he was a monster. He took my mother's life. So he was going to. Lose her life, like I said, you know?

Brenda Wolfe's daughter, Angel Wolfe, said her family feels “karma finally got to the man.”

Wolff reminisced about the times he spent with his mother when she was alive.

“We always liked to go to the park, get KFC and eat, have a little picnic in the park,” he said.

“He loved music. He loved to dance with his girls, and he loved to decorate Christmas too much.'

Pickton was sentenced in 2007 to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years.

Pickton, who has received credit for pretrial detention since his 2002 arrest, became eligible for one day of parole in February, and is eligible for full parole beginning in 2027.

One Mount Royal University criminologist said if Picton survives, he is unlikely to be paroled.

“People like Picton have almost zero chance of ever being seen outside of the prison system,” said Doug King.

King said it was not surprising that Pickton was attacked following an ombudsman's report last week about a rise in assaults on prisoners and prison staff at the federal level.

“Violence in Canada's federal institutions is increasing at an alarming rate,” King said.

“It's a badge of honor in the institution, and it's also a concept of justice that is conveyed in a very different way by different groups of people.

“It's something we don't have to admit.”

With files from CTV News Vancouver