The Executive Board of the Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union asked lawmakers via a Monday press release to revisit prison reforms they say put officers at risk in light of a rise in violent attacks against correctional employees.

The call came in the wake of an attack against officers at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley Friday that sent three officers to a local hospital for treatment.

The union said that as of Monday, two of them remained hospitalized and required surgery.

Video released by the Department of Correction Friday showed prisoners alleged to be Latin King gang members assaulting the officers.

The union representing state corrections officers released a statement shortly after the assault and pointed to 2016 prison reform rules that they blamed for putting guards in harm's way.

"Attacks like this one this past Friday, and others like it have become too common and are only incrasing in terms of how brazen they are, and in the extent of the injuries our officers are sustaining," the MCOFU said in the release.

Advocates supporting the Criminal Justice Reform Act say it improved conditions for prisoners while critics argue it relaxes rules and regulations too much allowing for increased gang activity and assaults on officers.

Governor Charlie Baker said he and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito visited the officers injured in the attack and their families and spoke with them.

In a tweet Sunday, Baker said “[the officers] were badly injured, but were able to share their thoughts on what happened. Very grateful they were there for each other.”

The union specifically called on Representative Claire Cronin, House Chair of the Judiciary Committee, to ensure substantive and long-lasting operational changes at the prison to protect officers.

The union denied requests for further comment.