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| 18 inmates injured in fight at Salinas Valley State Prison |
| By mercurynews.com - AP |
| Published: 06/20/2012 |
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Eighteen inmates were injured Tuesday when fighting broke out among dozens of armed inmates at a maximum-security prison in Central California, corrections officials said. One correctional officer hurt his back as he helped to break up the fight at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad, but he was not assaulted by inmates, said Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The prison is located about 130 miles southeast of San Francisco and holds nearly 3,600 inmates. The guard was taken to an outside hospital, as were 11 of the injured inmates, she said. One of the injured inmates was airlifted to a hospital by helicopter. Seven more inmates were treated at the prison. The 18 inmates had "a variety of slash wounds and stab wounds and some head trauma," Thornton said. The inmate who was airlifted was stabbed in the head, she said. Read More. |
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