Three Tennessee correctional officers were assaulted Sunday in what state officials are calling a "disturbance" involving 20 inmates at a prison in southwest Tennessee, according to a statement from the Department of Correction.
Department spokeswomen said inmates attacked three officers at Turney Center Industrial Complex, a facility located in Only, Tennessee, about 60 miles southwest of Nashville.
"One of those officers was held hostage for a time. Our special operations unit was deployed, and we have re-gained control of the situation," said spokeswoman Alison Randgaard in a statement posted to Twitter at 7:30 p.m.
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