Posted on 12/31/2006 11:18:00 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Some 800 inmates riot in California prison
By Adam Tanner 14 minutes ago
Guards battled for four hours to subdue some 800 rioting inmates at a Chino, California prison in one of the state's largest such uprisings in years, an official said on Sunday.
The fighting at the California Institution for Men in Chino east of Los Angeles began at 9:24 a.m. (1424 GMT) on Saturday and continued until 1:30 p.m., said Oscar Hidalgo, a spokesman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
"They used everything from tear gas, batons, they used wooded and foam projectiles," Hildago said of the guards. "There were so many inmates involved at one time that they had to pull back and regroup."
Officials brought in reinforcements from other prisons and local police, both to regain control of the prison and to assure that no one escaped from the area spanning 2,500 acres during the fighting.
One inmate suffered stab wounds and remains in serious condition; 27 other inmates were taken to area hospitals for medical treatment, Hidalgo said. Another 24 were treated for minor injuries at the prison and one guard suffered heat exhaustion.
Gang conflicts are often the cause of fights within California's prisons, and corrections facilities are often starkly divided along racial lines by the inmates themselves. Officials are investigating the cause of the latest riot, Hidalgo said.
The Chino prison, which first opened in 1941, is divided into four facilities with minimum to medium security, with inmates living in largest dormitory areas. The prison was under lock-down on Sunday and officials were inspecting the amount of physical damage.
"We're looking at transferring approximately 36 inmates because of unacceptable housing situations," Hidalgo said. "It is one of the largest altercations we've had, no doubt."
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Death penalty should be applied liberally.
How many are Illegal mexicans I wonder......
"Diversity training" is forced on the American worker. So what is this nonsense all about?
I'm sure that this will be an excuse for the Ninth Circus to order the release of prisoners.
The prisoners can't sing Kumbaya if they are segregated...someone call Barbara Streisand quick.
There are two problems I see with prisons now:
1) Vast amounts of illegal aliens, many violent thug types
2) Way too many non violent prisoners in for relative minor drgu offenses.
Deal with these two problems , the costs go down and possible more rehab and post prison re-entry into society could be done, to reduce future crime even more.
But of course, that is too rational and the moralistic drug crowd would be upset.
I think they could have gotten order a lot quicker using 12 guage
Solution: 81mm
Fire for effect!!!!
"Diversity training" is forced on the American worker. So what is this nonsense all about?"
The problem here is that there's no white majority on whom they can blame all of their problems. When you think about the society from whence they came, this has GOT to be pretty frustrating for them.
And indeed,..in the right time and place, it is Remarkably, Memorably, and Extraordinarily effective!
These scum can be our version of suicide bombers to surprise the terrorists in Iraq.
Amazing how quickly such words can bring about the meaning of "changing your opponents' will" in the etymology of warfare.
Why not flood the place with nitrous oxide?
I say get all of the guards out and then drop in enough weapons for them to all kill each other.
I guess this is Mr. Ed's brother?
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