Kansas Department of Corrections
At approximately 8:28 a.m. Wednesday Corrections Officer Tim Russell of the Hutchinson Correctional Facility (HCF) was injured after he received multiple stab wounds while working at the HCF-Central Unit. Russell, who is a five-year veteran of the facility, was transported to the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center by EMS.
Critical Incident Stress Team members are on site to assist facility staff who have been affected by this incident.
One inmate was taken into custody and was placed in the Administrative Segregation Unit. A weapon was recovered at the scene.
Special Agents with the Kansas Department of Corrections who are assigned to HCF are conducting the ongoing investigation. Upon completion of the investigation, the case will be referred to the Reno County District Attorney’s Office.
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ORIGINAL STORY
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A corrections officer at Hutchinson Correctional Facility was hospitalized after he was stabbed 
multiple times this morning.
According to Dirk Moss with HCF, the officer was in the central unit about 8:30 a.m. when he was attacked by an inmate. Moss says the attack happened in the cell block of the main building, but could not provide further details as the investigation is ongoing.
The officer received what are said to be non-life-threatening injuries and was transported by EMS to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for treatment. According to Moss, one inmate was taken into confinement and is being held in the Segregation Unit in connection with the incident. No names have been released at this time.
Moss says the prison was never put into lock down and the facility is running as normal.