|
|
| Former Kingman prison employee says prison officials knew inmates were going to riot |
| By havasunews.com- Doug McMurdo |
| Published: 07/20/2015 |
|
KINGMAN — Senior officers and managers at Arizona State Prison-Kingman were allegedly aware tensions had reached the boiling point for inmates in the days leading up to a wholesale riot July 2. It was the second and by far the most serious of three disturbances that rocked the Golden Valley facility the first three days of July. “We knew they were going to riot,” said a former employee. “The inmates warned us what was coming.” In all, nine correctional officers and four inmates were injured. Six of the officers who were treated and released incurred injuries July 1 at the prison’s 2,000-bed minimum security Cerbat Unit, when a group of inmates attempted to harm another inmate. The incident was classified as a disturbance, one step above an incident and one step below a riot. A riot did in fact occur, however, the following day at the roughly 1,500-bed medium security Hualapai Unit. Read More. |
MARKETPLACE search vendors | advanced search
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
|
Comments:
No comments have been posted for this article.
Login to let us know what you think