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| Inmates injured during racial brawl |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 07/14/2006 |
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LOS ANGELES, CA - Black and Hispanic inmates brawled Thursday in two scuffles that broke out in a Los Angeles County jail complex and left 40 inmates injured, sheriff's authorities said. Fighting involving 1,275 inmates erupted about 3:30 p.m. at 11 dorms at the Pitchess Detention Center's east facility in Castaic. Officers used tear gas, rubber "stingballs" and pepperballs to quell the fighting within 20 minutes, said sheriff's Sgt. John Hocking. Eleven inmates were taken to a hospital for moderate injuries and 24 were treated by the jail's medical staff. The fight followed another scuffle involving 339 inmates at four dorms at the jail's north facility, Hocking said. Five inmates were taken to a hospital for moderate injuries. "We don't know what provoked the fights," Hocking said. Both facilities, about 40 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, were locked down, meaning inmates were confined to their dormitories and rooms except to shower and eat. The jail complex was the site of a series of fights between blacks and Hispanics that occurred earlier this year. One inmate was killed in a Feb. 4 battle. Another collapsed and died after a fight in a cell at the downtown Men's Central Jail. |
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