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Title: 40 inmates hospitalized after California prison riot
Post by: Chris on August 09, 2009, 12:12:30 PM
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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Forty prison inmates were sent to hospitals, four of them airlifted, after a riot erupted at the California Institution for Men in Chino, a spokesman said.

Flames leap from a housing unit at a prison in Chino, California, on Saturday night.

The melee broke out at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Reception Center West facility, said Lt. Mark Hargrove, prison spokesman.

The situation was under control as of Sunday morning, he said, and inmates who had not been admitted to hospitals were being returned to the prison.

The scene of the violence was a medium-security housing facility with seven units, each unit housing about 200 inmates, he said. Some 80 officers responded to the riot, during which a housing unit was set on fire. As of Sunday morning, authorities did not know how the fire started.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/09/california.prison.riot/


Meh.  Just another prison riot.  But the video of the flames is impressive.
Title: Re: 40 inmates hospitalized after California prison riot
Post by: debk on August 09, 2009, 12:31:17 PM
Hmmmm.....I heard the other day on one of the shows on Fox, that CA is releasing up to 30% of the states prisoners to cut down on costs.

Hopefully they won't want to come this far east.... :uhsure:
Title: Re: 40 inmates hospitalized after California prison riot
Post by: The Village Idiot on August 09, 2009, 01:31:41 PM
Its worse than Abu Graib! Opeachment now!
Title: Re: 40 inmates hospitalized after California prison riot
Post by: whiffleball on August 09, 2009, 01:36:35 PM
They riot, get injured, get immediate healthcare, costing the state above and beyond routine maintenance.

I dunno, call me hardhearted, but I'm for letting them lie where they fall.
Title: Re: 40 inmates hospitalized after California prison riot
Post by: rich_t on August 09, 2009, 03:03:45 PM
They riot, get injured, get immediate healthcare, costing the state above and beyond routine maintenance.

I dunno, call me hardhearted, but I'm for letting them lie where they fall.

Can't prison guards shoot straight these days?
Title: Re: 40 inmates hospitalized after California prison riot
Post by: BlueStateSaint on August 09, 2009, 03:28:11 PM
Can't prison guards shoot straight these days?

They did at Attica . . .
Title: Re: 40 inmates hospitalized after California prison riot
Post by: Chris_ on August 09, 2009, 03:30:34 PM
Wonder if they will have to stand in line for health care like the rest of us?
Title: Re: 40 inmates hospitalized after California prison riot
Post by: crockspot on August 09, 2009, 03:53:55 PM
I grew up near Chino, and it was always known as a low security prison for low risk offenders. When I was younger, I don't even think they had a fence. Prisoners could have just walked off if they were so inclined, but they didn't, because they knew that when they were inevitably caught, they would go to a real prison with all the father rapers and mother killers. The article doesn't say what they were rioting over. Maybe they took away bingo night?
Title: Re: 40 inmates hospitalized after California prison riot
Post by: thundley4 on August 09, 2009, 06:29:53 PM
Wonder if they will have to stand in line for health care like the rest of us?
No, that would be unconstitutional to force prisoners to wait in line. It falls under cruel and unusual punishment, however, there is no protection for "free citizens".  :fuelfire:
Title: Re: 40 inmates hospitalized after California prison riot
Post by: Chris_ on August 09, 2009, 06:30:51 PM
The article doesn't say what they were rioting over. Maybe they took away bingo night?

Was Teh Ø interrupting all the TV channels again last night?
Title: Re: 40 inmates hospitalized after California prison riot
Post by: Chris_ on August 09, 2009, 06:33:01 PM
Sometimes being a law abiding citizen just does not pay
Title: Re: 40 inmates hospitalized after California prison riot
Post by: AllosaursRus on August 10, 2009, 12:36:01 AM
They did at Attica . . .
I dunno if you can call that shootin' straight. Weren't they responsible for the injuries afflicted on the hostages? If you're going to shoot, at least make sure you're hittin' the bad guys!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: 40 inmates hospitalized after California prison riot
Post by: Wineslob on August 10, 2009, 09:32:46 AM
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Forty prison inmates were sent to hospitals, four of them airlifted, after a riot erupted at the California Institution for Men in Chino, a spokesman said.
 
 Why bother?

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authorities did not know how the fire started.


Should have let it burn.......................
Title: Re: 40 inmates hospitalized after California prison riot
Post by: Chris_ on August 10, 2009, 04:42:43 PM
Atleast we would not have to worry about the cost of housing and feeding them if they let it burn. Call me mean or rude but I am tired of having to pay for the worst of society and most of them eat better than some people I know.
Title: Re: 40 inmates hospitalized after California prison riot
Post by: AllosaursRus on August 11, 2009, 02:53:47 PM
Atleast we would not have to worry about the cost of housing and feeding them if they let it burn. Call me mean or rude but I am tired of having to pay for the worst of society and most of them eat better than some people I know.

It's worse than that! They get the best dentistry, Dr.'s and hospital care our money can buy!
Title: Re: 40 inmates hospitalized after California prison riot
Post by: Chris_ on August 11, 2009, 02:57:06 PM
THey also don't have to stand in line either. Some of them should have to stand in line for a lethal injection