Cameras inside the Men's Central Jail were shut off for maintenance when inmates stabbed one deputy in the head and attacked others on Sunday, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials and sources inside the agency.

A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy at Men's Central Jail was stabbed in the head when he tried to pull aside an inmate, and multiple assailants began punching and stomping

A deputy suffered a puncture-type injury and was taken, along with three others, to a hospital where they were treated and released, officials said.

Cameras that likely would have shown an altercation between inmates and deputies at the Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail over the weekend were unavailable due to maintenance issues, officials announced Tuesday.