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'Forty injured' in US prison riot Dozens injured in US prison riot
(about 5 hours later)
Some 40 prisoners have been taken to hospital following a riot and a fire at a jail in the US state of California, according to US media reports. Fifty-five prisoners have been taken to hospital and 200 others left with minor injuries following a riot and a fire at a jail in the southern California.
The violence reportedly broke out on Saturday at the California Institute for Men in the town of Chino, east of Los Angeles. The riot broke out on Saturday night at the California Institute for Men in the town of Chino, east of Los Angeles.
A prison spokesman told KTLA-TV that the situation had been brought under control on Sunday morning. A prison spokesman said 80 officers had responded to the unrest, which involved some 1,300 inmates in seven housing units and lasted about four hours.
He said some of the prisoners' injuries were considered life-threatening. Some of the injuries are considered life-threatening. No staff were hurt.
No prison staff had been hurt, the spokesman said. The prison spokesman said officers had used batons, pepper spray and unspecified "lethal force options" to bring the housing units under control by 0700 on Sunday.
The Los Angeles Times newspaper reported that the riot had begun at about 2020 local time (0320 GMT) in one of the prison's seven housing units. "It has been reported that significant property damage was sustained, including one housing unit that sustained extensive damage due to fire," he said.
Firefighters attended the scene after at least one of the units caught fire. An investigation has begun to discover the cause of the fighting, he added.
Following the incident, all prisons in southern California were placed on lock-down and all visits suspended until further notice.
California has one of the most overcrowded and underfunded prison systems in the United States.
Last week, federal judges ordered state authorities to develop a plan to free within two years 40,000 of the 150,000 inmates being held.