CALIPATRIA
- Seven inmates were injured during a riot involving about 200 inmates at
Calipatria State Prison today. The riot started at around 10:15 a.m. on
Facility B’s general population Level IV yard, a maximum-security area.
Response
teams from other areas of the prison converged on the scene quelling the
violence after about eight minutes. Staff fired warning shots, and rounds of
pepper spray and foam-tipped rubber bullets. Following the riot, officers
recovered several inmate-manufactured stabbing weapons from the immediate area.
Seven
inmates had injuries, none life threatening. Six of those inmates were taken to
an area hospital for treatment. Most of their injuries were a result of
fighting, but one inmate required stitches for an injury from a rubber round.
All have been returned to the prison.
No
employees were injured.
Calipatria
State Prison opened in 1992 and houses approximately 3,800 inmates, 1,700 of
whom are serving life and 594 are serving life without the possibility of
parole. There are 1,280 employees at the prison.
For
immediate release
March
11, 2014
