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One dead in Central Valley prison riot
By centralvalleybusinesstimes.com
Published: 06/04/2013

CALIFORNIA - A guard fired one shot from a rifle to quell a riot at Wasco State Prison in Kern County on Monday, the state Department of Corrections says.

One inmate is dead and two others needed medical care at a hospital outside the prison.

The department did not offer a cause of death or the name of the inmate who died.

The riot was confined to the Facility "A" Exercise Yard, the department says.

There were no staff injuries as a result of the incident.

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