Tuesday, April 24, 2007

In a town called New Castle they should just settle things over a pint

From The Chicago Tribune:

NEW CASTLE, Ind. -- Two staff members were injured in a disturbance Tuesday at a medium-security prison that began when inmates from Arizona and Indiana clashed, authorities said.

Indiana State Police Sgt. Rod Russell said the situation was being controlled and stabilized and that authorities had accounted for all staff members. The perimeter of the prison was secured and no inmates had escaped, although some were still out of their cells, Russell said.

He said the situation "had improved 100 percent" compared with when it started about 2 p.m.

Tuesday's incident occured a month after Arizona and Indiana contracted to house up to 1,260 Arizona inmates at the prison about 45 miles east of Indianapolis. About 630 Arizona prisoners had been transferred within the past two months. That is in addition to the 1,000 Indiana inmates housed there as of mid-March.

Russell said the disturbance involved a problem between inmates from the two states but was not sure of the details.


I would hope that the situation can be resolved with no more people injured or killed.