The prison inmates attacking and stabbing correction officers at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center earlier this week was captured on a “horrifying” video that “shocks the conscience.”

One of the officers was stabbed 12 times in the stunning assault.

The video from the maximum-security prison shows a correction officer getting attacked from behind by an inmate who was seen waiting by a cell.

The inmate then takes several swings at the officer with an apparent “shiv” before they tumble to the ground. Meanwhile, another inmate joins in on the assault.

Then a second correction officer runs it to help his colleague. The two inmates and two officers are seen wrestling on the ground before a third officer runs in. Then a third inmate joins the fracas.

Several officers then respond to contain the inmate assault.

Five officers were injured in the attack, including one who was stabbed 12 times and suffered a punctured lung. He remained in the hospital on Friday in serious but stable condition.

“The video shocks the conscience,” the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union Executive Board said in a statement. “Suffice it to say the Executive Board of MCOFU is stunned, appalled and angry with the level of brutality of this video; but unfortunately, not surprised.

“We have been warning the DOC of something like this,” the board added. “Our Officers are continuing to get hurt. This horrifying video speaks for itself. Change has to come, and it has to come swiftly.”

The board noted “the bravery and the will to survive and protect one another, as is clearly visible when you view the tape.”

The officers “fought for their lives. They fought for themselves, they fought for one another, they fought to go home to their families, and they survived as a result of it,” the board added.

“Every single responder that came to their aid; you saved lives,” the board said. “That will to survive can never be questioned. You deserve the highest praise and admiration for your actions that day, and on behalf of all of your brothers and sisters across the Commonwealth, you certainly have it.”

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Meanwhile, the union president told the Herald that DOC has sent in “specialized tactical units” to find weapons inside the prison.

The union has been calling for this security measure, especially after they found dozens of “shivs” inside the prison last month.

“We have been very adamant about sending in specialized tactical units to shake the place down and get as many weapons out as possible,” union president Dennis Martin said Friday. “DOC has implemented that, and it’s still ongoing. It will take several days to shake that place down.

“It shouldn’t take an officer to almost get killed to have these security measures in place,” he added. “We’ve been bringing attention to this for over two years now.”

Operational searches were conducted inside the prison, according to DOC, adding that it’s part of “the ongoing full security assessment.”

The union has been asking for a full security assessment and review of all security related policies, procedures and protocols inside all Massachusetts prisons.

“We’ve been here before,” the union board wrote. “ENOUGH is ENOUGH. Our members don’t want to be here ever again.”

This is a developing story with more photos in Saturday’s Herald.

Inmates were taking several swings at officers with an apparent “shiv.” (Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union video screenshot)