Prisoners riot in California, 51 hurt

Prisoners riot in California, 51 hurt
CHINO, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- California's Chino state prison was locked down Sunday as officials investigated a riot by 1,000 inmates that left 51 prisoners injured.

The Los Angeles Times reported 27 inmates required hospitalization Saturday but no guards were injured and control of the facility was never in question.

Guards used pepper spray and rubber bullets to stop the fighting, which began in one of the military-style barracks where the inmates reside.

The prison has been placed on lockdown and will not admit any more inmates until an investigation into the riot and its cause is complete, the Times reported.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061231-101245-3807r

These riots are getting more and more frequent in California Prisons as Latino Prisoners fight Black prisoners. The white prisoners fight on the side of Latinos.

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These riots are getting more and more frequent in California Prisons as Latino Prisoners fight Black prisoners. The white prisoners fight on the side of Latinos.

Ah... not so much.


http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/08/09/RIOT.TMP

42 injured in fight at San Quentin between white, Latino inmates
3 are hospitalized with severe injuries -- guards use pepper spray to break up melee

Why are there military-style barracks in a civilain prison?

Here is a blurb at the prison website:

Special Historical Notes

When it opened as California's third correctional institution in 1941, CIM was unique in the field of penology because it was known as the "prison without walls." The only “security” fence around the facility units was a five-strand barbwire livestock fence, intended mainly to keep the dairy cows from wandering through the living areas. CIM has since increased security to meet the challenges a vastly different inmate population requires. While no longer the “prison without walls” CIM does have the largest level one facility in the Department. In June 2006 CIM will proudly celebrate 65 years of continuous and faithful service to the People and the State of California.

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CIM is surrounded by the Chino Dairy Preserve .... It looks like a military housing unit from the outside .... but it was apparently designed from the start as a correctional facility ...

This is the prison that Kevin Cooper escaped from and killed 4 in a local household .. a young boy escaped by hiding ....

Plus some more info on Chino State Prison.

http://lang.dailybulletin.com/projects/cooperwatch/case_overview/