(CNN) The Arizona Department of Corrections has released video of a hostage situation between an inmate and employee inside a Buckeye prison library.

The incident took place December 26 when a maximum-custody inmate identified as Timothy Monk took a librarian hostage using a prison-made blade weapon in an apparent demand to leave prison, the department of corrections said in a press release in December.

Multiple cameras inside the prison captured the over two-hour incident showing Monk holding the weapon to the neck of the librarian, Allen Hartzell, and dragging him toward a storage area.

A team of officers stormed the prison library to free the hostage.

An officer is heard trying to negotiate with Monk while a team of heavily armed officers are planning to retrieve Hartzell. The team stormed the library after deploying a "diversionary device," according to the press release, and no one was injured.

The video was published on YouTube by authorities on Thursday. They said it shows "a good example of the ever-present risks faced by correctional employees."

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