Thread: Race Riot in California Prison

The best thing they can do when one of these riots breaks out, is to just let it run it's course. I bet if they did that just once, there wouldn't be any more riots for a long time.

http://www.latimes.com

Deputies Struggle to Quell Violence at Castaic Jail
By Richard Winton and Andrew Blankstein
Times Staff Writers

3:12 PM PST, February 9, 2006

Just an hour after a tour by clergy members, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies struggled this afternoon to halt violence as 200 inmates brawled at the jail facility in Castaic.

No injuries were reported in the sixth straight day of racially charged disturbances in the county's jail system.

The melee broke out at 1:30 p.m. at the East Facility of the Pitchess Detention Center. Deputies used gas to quell the disturbance.

Sheriff Lee Baca's deputies had arranged a tour for 50 clergy members this morning. The tour ended shortly after noon.

Sheriff's officials said they are working to move high-risk inmates out of the dormitories where the violence was occurring and into single cells.