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| Officers Injured at New Folsom |
| By Sacramento Bee |
| Published: 01/13/2003 |
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A brief scuffle among correctional officers and inmates on December 28 at California State Prison, Sacramento, resulted in moderate injuries to two officers and a lockdown of the entire facility, known as New Folsom. Correctional Lt. Merlin Feryance said that prisoners attacked officers on an exercise yard about 11:15 a.m., when the officers moved in to break up a fight between two inmates. Officers involved in the melee used pepper spray and side-handle batons to quell the uprising, while officers in towers fired rubber bullets into the yard and live warning rounds overhead. The disturbance was put down within three minutes, Feryance said. Sixteen inmates have been identified as being involved, the lieutenant added. Sgt. Sebastian Graham and Officer Stephen Solomon were taken by ambulance to the UC Davis Medical Center, where they were treated and released. Graham had a gash on his head that required seven sutures and two puncture wounds on his upper back. Solomon suffered abrasions to his face. A number of inmates were treated for 'abrasions, bruises and bumps' at the prison, Feryance said. Several other officers were treated for minor injuries. An investigation of the incident is under way, the lieutenant said. 'As of now, it appears to have been spontaneous,' he said. |
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