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| 6 inmates hurt in melee at Folsom prison |
| By Sacramento Bee |
| Published: 06/23/2004 |
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Four inmates were seriously injured and two were hospitalized over the weekend after "Southern Hispanic" and white convicts clashed in Folsom State Prison's most violent outbreak in more than two years. Saturday's 6 p.m. riot took place in Folsom's dining hall when a Southern Hispanic inmate who was being led to the prison's administration segregation unit - after taking part in an earlier fight - shouted out an instruction that set off the meal-time melee. "He yelled something out in Spanish," prison spokesman Lt. Bob Trujillo said Monday. "I don't know who he was yelling to, specifically, but he just yelled out and it immediately erupted into a giant fight." Trujillo said 40 inmates between the two factions traded punches and kicks - no weapons were involved - before prison officers quelled the violence with their batons, pepper spray and rubber block pellets. The six inmates were treated for head injuries and all were returned to their cells, including the two who were taken to hospitals outside the prison for observation, Trujillo said. The fight represented the single-worst episode of violence at Folsom since an April 2002 riot in which Southern Hispanic inmates launched an assault on the Northern Hispanic faction. About 100 prisoners took part in that attack, which resulted in an Office of Inspector General investigation. The inspector general's report harshly criticized prison managers for allowing the violence to erupt and for their handling of its aftermath. Folsom's warden at the time, Diana K. Butler, resigned her position as a result of the report. |
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