California inmates use canes, walkers as weapons in fight that sends 24 to hospitalsSeptember 22nd, 2009 Calif. inmates turn canes, walkers into weaponsFRESNO, Calif. — A California prison was under lockdown Tuesday as administrators investigated a riot involving rival Latino gangs that sent 24 inmates to hospitals, one in serious condition.
Official: Smoking ban in effect at Ky. prison where inmates rioted and burned down buildingsAugust 25th, 2009 Official: Smoking banned at Ky. prison after riotBURGIN, Ky.
19 killed in Peru bus accidentAugust 23rd, 2009 LIMA - Nineteen people, including three women, were killed Sunday when the bus in which they were travelling veered off the road and fell into a ravine in southern Peru, media reports said. The accident occurred near the Quichuas town in southern Huancavelica province.
Insurance adjusters sift through what's left of Kentucky prison after fiery riotAugust 23rd, 2009 Insurance adjusters look at Ky. prison after riotBURGIN, Ky.
Calif. Corrections officials brief sheriffs after riot cut 1,200 beds from state prison systemAugust 14th, 2009 Calif. officials brief sheriffs after prison riotCHINO, Calif. — Prison officials are briefing sheriffs across California on how a weekend riot that destroyed seven Southern California prison housing units might affect their jail populations in weeks to come.
Prison riot will cost California $5 million-$6 million for repairs, corrections chief saysAugust 13th, 2009 Prison riot to cost California $5M-$6MSACRAMENTO, Calif. — It will cost taxpayers as much as $6 million to make repairs and clean up debris after a weekend prison riot damaged seven housing units and forced the transfer of more than 1,100 inmates, California's corrections chief said Wednesday.
Prison riot will cost California millions of dollars for repairs, corrections chief saysAugust 12th, 2009 Prison riot to cost California millions in repairsSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's corrections chief says it will cost taxpayers $5 million to $6 million to make repairs and clean up from last weekend's prison riot.
CA prison that was site of riot remains locked down, 1,000 inmates transferredAugust 10th, 2009 California faces aftermath of weekend prison riotCHINO, Calif. —A state prison remained locked down Monday and more than 1,000 prisoners were being moved after a weekend riot that burned a wooden dormitory and left 175 inmates injured.
SoCal prison riot prompts transfer of 1,000 inmates from overcrowded facilityAugust 10th, 2009 SoCal prison riot prompts transfer of inmatesCHINO, Calif. —A California state prison where 175 inmates were injured in a riot remains locked down and more than 1,000 prisoners are being moved.
California lawmaker says crowding may have contributed to Chino prison riot that injured 250August 10th, 2009 Crowding may have contributed to Chino prison riotCHINO, Calif. —A California lawmaker says overcrowding may have contributed to a prison riot that injured 250 inmates, 55 of them seriously.
Hundreds hurt in 11-hour California prison riotAugust 10th, 2009 Los Angeles (US): A 11-hour riot, at the Reception Center West at the California Institution for Men in Chino, about 40 miles east of Los Angeles, on Saturday night and Sunday morning, has left 250 prisoners injured and 55 being admitted to hospital. Black prison gangs fought Latino gangs in hand-to-hand combat; the New York Times quoted the prison authorities, as saying.
40 inmates injured after riot breaks out at men's prison in Southern CaliforniaAugust 9th, 2009 40 inmates hurt in riot at Calif.'s Chino prisonLOS ANGELES —Forty prisoners were sent to hospitals after a riot broke out at the California Institution for Men in Chino. Prison spokesman Lt.
About 250 inmates injured, 55 hospitalized in riot at men's prison in Southern CaliforniaAugust 9th, 2009 About 250 inmates injured in riot at Calif. prisonLOS ANGELES —More than three dozen inmates were released from hospitals Sunday after being involved in a racially motivated riot that badly damaged a Southern California prison and forced the lockdown of nine others.
Correction: Mexico-Activist Killed storyAugust 6th, 2009 Correction: Mexico-Activist Killed storyMEXICO CITY — In stories on July 8, 9 and 10 about an anti-crime activist who was killed in northern Mexico, The Associated Press erroneously referred to the dead man and members of his community as Mormons. They identify themselves as Mormons but belong to the Church of the Firstborn of the Fullness of Times, which uses the Book of Mormon but is not recognized by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Nineteen inmates killed in Mexico prison riotMarch 5th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - Nineteen inmates died and three were injured Wednesday in a prison riot in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, the police said. The trouble first started with rival gangs of inmates fighting for control of the prison.
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