Authorities say one inmate was killed and at least five others were hospitalized with stab wounds on Wednesday after a riot involving about 100 inmates at California State Prison, Sacramento, called “New Folsom” to distinguish it from adjacent Folsom State Prison, KHTK reports.
#EDHFire M85 assisting #FolsomPrison with possible stabbings. Units transporting to local hospitals.
August 12, 2015
According to prison officials, a fight involving “inmate-made weapons” broke out in one of the facility’s general population yards just before 1 p.m. From The Sacramento Bee:
Officials said guards used pepper spray and at least two warning shots from a Mini 14 rifle to quell the disturbance, which occurred with inmates using weapons they had fashioned themselves.
Corrections officials said in a statement that “numerous inmates were injured,” including five taken to an outside hospital for treatment. The others were being treated at the prison.
In a statement, a corrections department spokesperson said administrators are still investigating the cause of the riot.
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