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| Prison Riot Is Attributed to Lockdown |
| By nytimes.com |
| Published: 11/23/2009 |
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Despite previous assertions, investigators said Friday that bad food was not the primary cause of a riot at a central Kentucky prison. The inmates at Northpoint Training Center were instead reacting to a partial lockdown and to planned restrictions on their movement, investigators said in a 22-page report released Friday. On Aug. 21, prisoners started fires in trash cans at Northpoint, a medium-security facility near Burgin, about 30 miles south of Lexington. The fires spread, seriously damaging several buildings. Officers in riot gear rushed in with tear gas, and all inmates were subdued within two hours. Eight inmates were taken to hospitals, and eight prison workers were treated at the scene. The damage to the prison, which opened in 1983, was so severe that about 700 inmates had to be transferred to other prisons around the state. A corrections officer, Matt Hughes, told lawmakers this month that he believed that inmates had rioted because they were upset over the quality and quantity of food rations. But investigators said in the report that interviews with the inmates determined that there was a general concern about the quality of food and the prices of canteen items,but most inmates said neither was a primary cause of the disturbance. Read More. |
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