SHIRLEY, MASS. (WHDH) – Two correctional officers were stabbed and three other officers were injured Wednesday in an incident at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, officials said.
The incident happened Wednesday afternoon. In a statement Wednesday night, a spokesperson for the state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security said all five injured officers were taken to area hospitals.
Spokesperson Scott Croteau said the state Department of Correction received a report of multiple injured officers at 6:20 p.m. The two officers who were stabbed were assaulted by inmates. The three other officers were injured while responding…