HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Two of the five correctional officers who were hurt during an inmate disturbance last week at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility remain off work, a prison official said Monday.
The Feb. 4 incident at the facility prompted a prison lockdown at the time and cancellation of last weekend’s visitation to its central unit.
The investigation remains ongoing as to what sparked the disturbance that occurred during dinnertime as a group of inmates were leaving the chow hall, said Jordan Bell, spokesman for the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. The facility holds more than 1,000 inmates, and meal times involve “a constant movement” that usually lasts a couple of hours to feed them all.
Citing privacy concerns, Bell declined to release any additional details about the officers’ injuries other than to say all five were treated and released that same night from a local hospital. No weapons were involved.
About 20 inmates were placed in restrictive housing after the incident for investigative purposes, with some of those offenders receiving disciplinary reports amid the continuing investigation, Bell said.
There was no damage to the prison facility, he said.