Stabbing at Bronx juvenile center leaves 12 staff members, residents hurt

Twelve people were stabbed inside a juvenile detention center in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx on Sunday, police said.

A facility source at Horizon Juvenile Center told CBS News New York the incident happened close to 5:30 p.m. and involved dozens of young people, some wielding contraband surgical scalpels, which they allegedly turned on staff who tried to intervene.

Cellphone video shows a staff member with a bloodied mouth climbing into the back of an ambulance.  

According to police, both staff and residents were hurt, and none of the injuries are life-threatening.

"A lot of cuts happened, broken noses"  

A youth development specialist at the facility described the injuries.

"Dislocated shoulders, higher up, pinkies messed up and swollen. I had to bandage up one of my higher-ups when he had three large gashes on his arm. A lot of cuts happened, broken noses," she said.  

Frightened parents of residents said they rushed over when they heard about a knife fight inside.

"I just got word my son is fine," one parent said. "There was no kids, like, really badly hurt."

"The situation at Horizon Juvenile Center has been resolved, and the facility is now secured. The safety and security of young people and staff in our secure detention facilities is our top priority," an Administration for Children's Services spokesperson said in a statement.  

The youth development specialist said the outbreak could've been caused by the emotional strain of Father's Day.

"A lot of our kids get very volatile on holidays. A lot of our kids have fathers who unfortunately included them in this gang life or had abandoned them, or they just missed their family," she said. "A lot of these kids are fathers themselves and are unable to see their children."

The specialist said incidents like this take a toll not just on staff but on the young people inside.

"Not all of these kids are bad"

"It hits very close to home, especially because I do care about these kids. Not all of these kids are bad," she said.   

Horizon is one of the city's two secure detention facilities for young people with the most restrictive security features.

Families want to know how this violence happened and what's being done to make sure it doesn't happen again.