HUTCHINSON, Kan. -The Kansas Department of Corrections reported in a media release that at noon on Tuesday the partial lockdown for the remaining cell house at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility-Central Unit (HCF-CU), where the officers were assaulted has been lifted. Inmate movement has returned to normal.
On January 13, several known inmates in two separate incidents attacked three corrections officers at the prison’s Central Unit.
All three officers sustained injuries and were taken to the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for treatment by facility staff and later released. Names of the officers are not being released due to the ongoing investigation.
Two inmates were taken into custody and placed in the Administrative Segregation unit.