August 12, 2009
At Chino, mute evidence speaks of violent riot
Charred cotton mattress stuffing is heaped on a scruffy lawn outside Joshua Hall dormitory at the California Institution for Men, the interior ankle-deep in ash and evidence of inmate-on-inmate brutality that has destroyed precious space in one of the state's most volatile prisons.
In neighboring Otay Hall, dried blood stains a lower bunk mattress where a reclining inmate's chest would be, two deep gashes in the fabric suggesting a stab wound.
Between the two dorms — one destroyed by fire, the other smashed and debris-strewn — stands an empty carton marked "White Kittey," testifying to the racial divides that run deep among the facility's 5,900 prisoners…
LINK - LATimes.com
