Sign up for the Today newsletter
Get everything you need to know to start your day, delivered right to your inbox every morning.
Five correction officers injured at maximum-security prison in Mass.
Two officers were stabbed by inmates, the Department of Correction said, and three more were injured Wednesday evening.
Five correction officers at Massachusetts’s only maximum-security prison were injured Wednesday evening, the state Department of Correction said.
A spokesperson for the department said two correction officers were stabbed multiple times by inmates around 6:20 p.m., and three more officers were injured when responding to the incident.
All five officers were transported to a nearby hospital, the spokesperson said. The facility is secure, and an investigation involving Massachusetts State Police is ongoing, according to the spokesperson.
The Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union first shared the incident on Facebook Wednesday evening, saying an officer was stabbed in the back and head.
Advertisement:
Their post criticized the Department of Correction, claiming it’s been four years since the department had “authorized the use of tactical units and done a thorough institution wide search.”
“ENOUGH!” the union wrote. “How much more do our members have to endure before you decide to keep them safe? The inmates are literally running the asylum. Do your jobs.”
Last month, the union told the Boston Herald that dozens of “homemade sharpened weapons” were found inside Souza-Baranowski.
“Someone is going to get hurt,” Dennis Martin, the president of MCOFU, told the Herald. “It’s a scary time we’re in now.”
Advertisement:
The Department of Correction did not immediately respond to questions about the union’s claims.
To comment, please create a screen name in your profile
To comment, please verify your email address
Conversation
This discussion has ended. Please join elsewhere on Boston.com