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BRONX, NY (WPIX) — Several correction officers were injured in a massive brawl inside of Horizon Juvenile Center, the Correction Officer’s Union told PIX11 News Wednesday.
COBA officials said a large fight erupted inside of the school area of the Bronx juvenile center shortly after 12 p.m.
Twenty correction officers were treated for injuries.
Some of the officers were treated on the scene and several others were transported to the hospital out of the corrections facility located at 560 Brook Ave.
The extent of the injuries are unknown.
Ninety-three teens were moved from Rikers Island to the Horizon Juvenile Center on Monday in response to the city’s implementation of the “Raise the Age” legislation under which minors will no longer be treated as adults when they are arrested.
The New York City Administration for Children’s Services acknowledged the transition and Wednesday’s violence in a statement:
“We are in a transitionary period for a historic reform that’s never been done before and there have been some incidents involving youth and officers, which were quickly addressed. None of the injuries were serious, but we take these and all incidents seriously.”
Sources told PIX11 the officers were injured when breaking up a fight between residents of the center.
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