The jail inmates attacking and stabbing correction officers at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Heart earlier this week was captured on a “horrifying” video that “shocks the conscience.”
One of many officers was stabbed 12 occasions within the gorgeous assault.
The video from the maximum-security jail exhibits a correction officer getting attacked from behind by an inmate who was seen ready by a cell.
The inmate then takes a number of swings on the officer with an obvious “shiv” earlier than they tumble to the bottom. In the meantime, one other inmate joins in on the assault.
Then a second correction officer runs it to assist his colleague. The 2 inmates and two officers are seen wrestling on the bottom earlier than a 3rd officer runs in. Then a 3rd inmate joins the fracas.
A number of officers then reply to include the inmate assault.
5 officers had been injured within the assault, together with one who was stabbed 12 occasions and suffered a punctured lung. He remained within the hospital on Friday in critical however steady situation.
“The video shocks the conscience,” the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union Government Board mentioned in an announcement. “Suffice it to say the Executive Board of MCOFU is stunned, appalled and angry with the level of brutality of this video; but unfortunately, not surprised.
“We have been warning the DOC of something like this,” the board added. “Our Officers are continuing to get hurt. This horrifying video speaks for itself. Change has to come, and it has to come swiftly.”
The board famous “the bravery and the will to survive and protect one another, as is clearly visible when you view the tape.”
The officers “fought for their lives. They fought for themselves, they fought for one another, they fought to go home to their families, and they survived as a result of it,” the board added.
“Every single responder that came to their aid; you saved lives,” the board mentioned. “That will to survive can never be questioned. You deserve the highest praise and admiration for your actions that day, and on behalf of all of your brothers and sisters across the Commonwealth, you certainly have it.”
In the meantime, the union president instructed the Herald that DOC has despatched in “specialized tactical units” to seek out weapons contained in the jail.
The union has been calling for this safety measure, particularly after they discovered dozens of “shivs” contained in the jail final month.
“We have been very adamant about sending in specialized tactical units to shake the place down and get as many weapons out as possible,” union president Dennis Martin mentioned Friday. “DOC has implemented that, and it’s still ongoing. It will take several days to shake that place down.
“It shouldn’t take an officer to almost get killed to have these security measures in place,” he added. “We’ve been bringing attention to this for over two years now.”
Operational searches had been performed contained in the jail, in keeping with DOC, including that it’s a part of “the ongoing full security assessment.”
It is a creating story with extra images in Saturday’s Herald.
Initially Revealed:
