Houston TX. March 12 2008
Fifty inmates were injured when a riot broke out Tuesday night inside the Federal Detention Center in downtown Houston, authorities said.
About 6:30 p.m., firefighters and police responded to reports that up to 80 prisoners were fighting on the sixth floor of the facility at 1200 Texas Ave., said Tommy Dowdy, a spokesman with the Houston Fire Department.
Fifty inmates were injured when a riot broke out Tuesday night inside the Federal Detention Center in downtown Houston, authorities said.
About 6:30 p.m., firefighters and police responded to reports that up to 80 prisoners were fighting on the sixth floor of the facility at 1200 Texas Ave., said Tommy Dowdy, a spokesman with the Houston Fire Department.
Correction officers requested additional assistance and officers poured into the area.
Guards reportedly used a “flash bang” to break up the brawl, which Dowdy described as a riot. The device momentarily stuns people with “a lot of noise and bright light, but (there’s) no after effects like tear gas,” Dowdy said.
One unidentified man was taken to the hospital with a head injury. The other 49 wounded prisoners were being treated inside the high-security facility, which houses about 1,100 federal inmates, he said.
No further details were immediately available.
Guards reportedly used a “flash bang” to break up the brawl, which Dowdy described as a riot. The device momentarily stuns people with “a lot of noise and bright light, but (there’s) no after effects like tear gas,” Dowdy said.
One unidentified man was taken to the hospital with a head injury. The other 49 wounded prisoners were being treated inside the high-security facility, which houses about 1,100 federal inmates, he said.
No further details were immediately available.
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