An incident involving the stabbing of three guards took place at the maximum-security Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, California. The attackers, two inmates, members of the Surenos, a Southern California gang, using some homemade weapons rushed the guards in an office on the general population yard.

In order to stop the attack, guards used pepper spray, batons and physical force, unfortunately not ending the whole incident soon enough.

The prison personnel, two sergeants and an officer were taken immediately to the hospital for medical care and the two attackers also received assistance, all involved being stabile at this point. A fourth officer, a woman, who also took part in the episode, was also medically assisted.

As a precaution, all of the state’s prisons will remain on lock down until the corrections staff will conclude whether the stabbing was an isolated incident, said Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, for the Associated Press.

One of the attackers was serving a 117-year sentence for assault with deadly weapon and attempted murder and the other a 25-year sentence for first-degree murder, as stated by the AP.

  The prison was initially built in 1933 to house about 2,800 female inmates, but at this point “accommodates” over 4,705 male inmates. It is located 40 miles southeast of Bakersfield in Kern Country and the last major event here took place in February 2005 and involved over 400 black and Hispanic inmates.

The incident will not be taken lightly and efforts are sure to be made in order to prevent such events from taking place.