Two NYC correctional officers assaulted, injured by inmates on Rikers Island

On Monday, two correctional officers on Rikers Island were assaulted by inmates in separate areas of the facility. 

The officers, whose identities have not been released, were left bloodied and received medical attention.

According to the New York Post, the first incident took place around 1pm in the George R Vierno Center. The 22-year-old officer in question was responding to what is believed to have been a fight involving members of rival gangs.

The squabble, which began in a cell, spilled into the hallway and before long, ten inmates were going at one another with anything they could get their hands on. They continued even after the officer sprayed them with pepper spray.

One of the inmates was armed with a frying pan and threw it at another. It missed its intended target, however, and hit the officer instead.

In an interview with the Post, he explained that it "struck [his] hand and sliced it open," causing a wound bad enough to warrant stitches.

"I was just trying to do my job," he said. "I didn't take it to heart because I feel like it could happen to anybody."

The fight was eventually broken up by a response team, and the inmates were brought back to their respective cells.

Five hours later, the second incident took place, this time involving a 45-year-old female officer in the Robert N. Davoren Complex.

During an interaction with the alleged attacker, suspected murderer Tymirh Bey-Foster, the officer once again tried to deescalate the situation with pepper spray, but was unable to prevent the inmate from becoming violent.

She was punched in the face so hard that she lost consciousness for a brief moment before being taken to the medical clinic to be treated for facial and sinus fractures and a cut under her eye.

Bey-Foster and other inmates who gathered at the scene were quickly dealt with by other officers.