Results 1 to 3 of 3

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

  1. #1
    Administrator Jean's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Location
    California
    Posts
    65,443

    CIM stays on lockdown after weekend riot

    http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_4934681

    CIM stays on lockdown after weekend riot
    Article Launched: 01/02/2007 01:16:21 AM PST


    CHINO - California Institution for Men remained on lockdown Monday after a weekend riot involving as many as 800 inmates that left dozens injured, authorities said.
    The riot erupted Saturday morning at the state prison following a fight between a Hispanic inmate and a black inmate in a recreation yard, said prison spokesman Lt. Mark Hargrove.


    More than 50 inmates were treated at the prison or local hospitals for serious to minor injuries after the 90 minute brawl, Hargrove said.

    The prison would be on lockdown at the least until today, he said.

    The nearby women's prison also was under lockdown so guards could respond faster to the men's prison in case authorities there needed assistance, officials said.

    There has been periodic violence in California's overcrowded prison system, often involving Hispanic and black inmates.
    Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  2. #2
    Administrator Jean's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Location
    California
    Posts
    65,443
    http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_4928067

    Massive riot erupts at CIM
    By Jannise Johnson, Staff Writer
    Article Launched: 12/31/2006 12:00:00 AM PST


    Restrained inmates wait outside one of the wards on the south west corner of the California Institute for Men after a riot on Saturday, December 30, 2006 in Chino.The riot started at 10:41 a.m. 25 ambulances and 3 airships transported injured inmates.
    (Marc Campos/Staff Photographer) CHINO - Dozens of inmates were injured, one of them seriously, during a riot Saturday morning at California Institution for Men in Chino.
    Prison officers at about 9:25 a.m. confronted inmates involved in a melee at Reception Center-West, a medium security portion of the prison, according to a prison official.

    The inmates in the massive fight were from four modules, which each house approximately 200 inmates.

    The cause of the fight is still under investigation, but Lt. Mark Hargrove, a prison spokesman, said he believed "two inmates began fighting and it just flashed up from there."

    Prison officers used pepper spray and non-lethal impact weapons, which included shooting tear gas cannisters and small wooden blocks, to get the inmates to disperse, Hargrove said

    The fighting was quashed within two hours, Hargrove said.

    "All the housing units are contained. We have full control, it never spilled out of the units," he said.

    About 51 inmates were injured, including at least 24 that were treated at the prison's hospital and 27 that were sent to area hospitals.

    Three inmates had to be airlifted to trauma centers for treatment.

    The inmate that was most seriously injured suffered trauma to the head and puncture wounds to the back.
    Conditions of the injured inmates were not immediately available.

    No prison staff members were injured, but one officer was temporarily overcome by pepper spray, he said.

    Officials at the prison were investigating the incident Saturday evening, specifically the number of inmates that were involved. Approximately 800 inmates are in the four housing units, but they may not have all been involved.

    The damage to the prison itself was also being assessed.

    "They broke out most of the windows in the housing units," said Hargrove, who added that doors were also damaged.

    Ruben Guerrero, battalion chief of the Chino Valley Fire District, said 21 firefighters responded to the prison to treat and transport those injured to a local hospital.

    Chino, Fontana, and Ontario police officers as well as Chino Hills and Rancho Cucamonga sheriff's deputies assisted with traffic control on the perimeter of the prison.

    In September 2005, more than 200 inmates rioted in the prison's Reception Center-East. The fracas was contained by correctional staff, but not before two staff members had to be rescued from potentially dangerous situations, including one who was forced to barricade himself inside an office.
    Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at https://eepurl.com/cktGTn

  3. #3
    Senior Member nittygritty's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Oklahoma
    Posts
    3,251
    Do we care if they kill each other?
    Build the dam fence post haste!

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •