Folsom State Prison
August 28, 2010
Guards open fire during ‘major riot’ at California prison
Staff at California's Folsom State Prison worked Saturday to determine the cause of a "major riot" in the prison yard a day earlier that involved 200 inmates, officials there said.
The Friday night melee sent seven inmates to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries, prison spokesman Lt. Anthony Gentile said Saturday.
There were no fatalities, said spokesman Luis Patino of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
No corrections officers were injured...
LINK - CNN.com
August 27, 2010
Riot at old Folsom State Prison sends seven inmates to area hospitals
A riot that broke out Friday night at the main yard of old Folsom State Prison left seven inmates injured. Officers fired on rioters in an attempt to quell the violence.
The injured inmates were transported to area hospitals, said Luis Patino, a spokesman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. It is unknown how many of those taken to hospitals suffered gunshot wounds, Patino said.
Patino said the fighting broke out about 7 p.m. and involved about 200 inmates...
LINK - SacBee.com
