BLYTHE, Calif. (AP) — Eight corrections officers and an incarcerated man were injured in a riot involving around 200 inmates in the recreational yard of a Southern California prison, authorities said Thursday.
The Jan. 31 riot at Ironwood State Prison in the Riverside County city of Blythe started when an estimated 200 prisoners rushed corrections officers, attacking them with fists and rocks.
Eight prison staff members and one incarcerated person were hospitalized with injuries, and later released.
The riot began around 10 a.m. when an incarcerated man head-butted a corrections officers who had detained him as part of a contraband investigation.
The head butting — which occurred as staffers were escorting the man across a prison yard — prompted 200 inmates to attack the officers.
Persons:
headbutted, Michael “ Mosca ” Torres
Organizations:
California Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, Authorities, Sierra Conservation Center, Mafia
Locations:
BLYTHE, Calif, Southern California, Ironwood, Blythe, Los Angeles, California, Riverside County, Jamestown, Sacramento