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| Protest ends peacefully |
| By The New Jersey Times |
| Published: 03/20/2007 |
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, NJ - Led by a small contingent of Bloods gang members, more than 100 medium-security inmates at the Mercer County Correction Center barricaded themselves in their dormitory wing for several hours yesterday before peacefully surrendering last night to 200 or so law enforcement officials who had assembled at the jail off Route 29, Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes announced. "The inmates were never in control of the pod (wing)," Hughes said from in front of the jail during a brief 9 p.m. news conference announcing the end of the standoff. "We have the locks, we have the keys. They were never violent. They were never incommunicado with the staff. We concluded this incident without violence." Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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