October 19, 2010
More than 100 inmates involved in riot at Calipatria state prison
Calipatria state prison in Imperial County was placed on lockdown Tuesday after a riot broke out, prison officials said Tuesday.
More than 100 inmates were involved in the melee at Facility A, a maximum security prison yard for general population prisoners, authorities said. Fourteen inmates were injured, with 10 hospitalized for injuries ranging from severe cuts to gunshot wounds.
Guards used pepper spray to help quell the violence, which erupted about 10:38 a.m. Monday, according to officials with the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation...
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