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Officers use tear gas to quell brawl
By Associated Press
Published: 09/12/2007

NEW YORK - [COs] at Great Meadow Correctional Facility used tear gas to break up a fight involving nearly two dozen inmates Monday night.

Officials said it was the second time in a week they had to use gas to stop a brawl at the maximum security prison in Comstock, about 70 miles north of Albany. Two inmates suffered minor cuts and were treated at the prison, said Erik Kriss, a spokesman for the state Department of Correctional Services. Read more.

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