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| 2 officers, inmates hurt in jail standoff |
| By Chicago Tribune |
| Published: 08/23/2004 |
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A standoff with 11 inmates at a maximum-security jail in Texas escalated into violence Friday; two officers and the inmates were injured as a SWAT team used tear gas and pepper spray. It was the second outbreak of violence at Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center this summer. The officers were treated at the scene for unspecified minor injuries, and the inmates were treated for exposure to the tear gas and pepper spray, authorities said. The hourlong standoff began about 3 p.m. when the inmates refused to return to their cells after a recreational period, Sheriff's Capt. Romaldo Rodriguez said. The prisoners barricaded their dorm with bedding and other materials and began breaking televisions and phones to use as weapons. The SWAT team was called in after negotiations failed, Rodriguez said. The inmates were to be arraigned Saturday on charges of rioting in a jail facility and criminal mischief, Rodriguez told The Brownsville Herald. |
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