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Authorities responding to disturbance at private prison in Sayre

Law enforcement agencies responded Tuesday to a disturbance at the North Fork Correctional Facility in Sayre, officials said.  The private prison is run by Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America and houses offenders from California.

At 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, prison staff responded to multiple inmate fights in various areas of the facility, according to Steve Owen, CCA senior director of public affairs.

By 3:30 p.m., the fighting had ceased, Owen said...

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