Over 40 inmates injured in California prison riot
source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/09/california.prison.riot/index.html
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Forty prison inmates were sent to hospitals, four of them airlifted, after a riot erupted at the California Institution for Men in Chino, a spokesman said.
The melee broke out at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Reception Center West facility, said Lt. Mark Hargrove, prison spokesman.
The situation was under control as of Sunday morning, he said, and inmates who had not been admitted to hospitals were being returned to the prison.
The melee broke out at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Reception Center West facility, said Lt. Mark Hargrove, prison spokesman.
The situation was under control as of Sunday morning, he said, and inmates who had not been admitted to hospitals were being returned to the prison.
