HUTCHINSON – At approximately 10 a.m. Friday, two correctional officers at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility Central Unit were battered by an inmate while in the Disciplinary Administrator’s office.

Officials say both guards were taken by facility staff to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for treatment.

The inmate was taken into custody and placed in the Administrative Segregation unit pending investigation.

No names of those injured, nor the inmate involved was released by prison officials. Prison officials said that “due to the ongoing investigation, no other information is available at this time.”