Five city correction officers were beaten by a group of teen inmates, including two who nearly killed another officer last November, according to union officials. The attack happened inside a specialized unit at the Robert N. Davoren Center at around 5 p.m., according to Norman Seabrook, president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association. One officer’s nose was fractured and another suffered severe bruises on his face, photos from the hospital show. The other officers suffered minor injuries.The beatdown occurred after one of the teen inmates refused a “direct order” and instead attacked the officers, Seabrook charged. Several other inmates joined in, and a larger fight broke out, the labor leader said. Two of the teens involved were the same detainees who attacked Officer Raymond Calderon in November, Seabrook said. Calderon was repeatedly slashed in the face and needed 26 stiches to close the wounds. After the incident, Seabrook and others called for the removal of department head Joseph Ponte and filed a petition in court to block a new use of force policy.The latest melee occurred inside the new “Transitional Repair Unit,” a housing area meant to rehabilitate particularly difficult and unruly teen inmates.
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