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| Inmates Temporarily Seize Control of Georgia Jail |
| By Atlanta Journal Constitution |
| Published: 08/28/2002 |
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More than 100 inmates took over a Fulton County Jail facility late Saturday after deputies tried to turn off television sets during the Atlanta Falcons-Dallas Cowboys game. The incident began between 11 and 11:30 p.m. at the Bellwood Detention Center, a medium-security facility adjacent to the main jail, said Sgt. Clarence Huber of the Fulton County Sheriff's Department. 'A couple of inmates were upset because TV sets were going off at a scheduled time, and there was a Falcons game on TV,' Huber said. 'We know that there were two inmates that perpetrated this. They got into a verbal confrontation with the deputy. When it looked like it was going to get hostile, the deputy backed out of the housing area and the inmates took control.' Huber said that at no point was any deputy or staff member taken hostage. Shortly before 4 a.m., about 150 deputies and officers from Atlanta and MARTA police entered the area, 'and at that time, found the inmates bedded down for the night,' Huber said. 'Everything went very smoothly.' The 105 inmates were taken out of the housing area, searched and taken to the main jail and questioned individually. There were no injuries to jail staff or inmates, Huber said. 'I was told that they did start some small fires in the early part of the evening, but other inmates used fire extinguishers to put the fires out,' Huber said. |
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