{"id":23413,"date":"2024-02-03T02:37:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T08:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=23413"},"modified":"2024-02-03T02:37:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T08:37:45","slug":"california-prisoner-riot-hospitalized-9-after-about-200-inmates-rushed-corrections-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=23413","title":{"rendered":"California prisoner riot hospitalized 9 after about 200 inmates rushed corrections officers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/danny-masterson-incarcerated-maximum-security-prison-housed-charles-manson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nine people were<\/a>&nbsp;hospitalized after around 200 inmates rushed correction officers at a Southern California prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, eight corrections officers and an incarcerated man were injured during the violent rush at Ironwood State Prison&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/west\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in Blythe, California<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Authorities said that officers were escorting an inmate across the prison for a contraband investigation &#8220;approximately 200 incarcerated people, on the yard, rushed toward the officers, attacking them with fists and rocks.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">After shooting a rifle warning round, officers used &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chemical agents and<\/a>\u00a0non-lethal impact rounds&#8221; to get the prisoner under control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The riot happened at Ironwood State Prison in Blythe, California on Thursday, Feb. 1 at approximately 10 a.m. PST.&nbsp;(Google Maps)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Eight staff members and one inmate were treated at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a local hospital<\/a>\u00a0and later returned to the prison, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Authorities did not immediately share the extent of their injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">An inmate rush on Thursday at the Ironwood State Prison left 9 people injured.&nbsp;(Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ironwood, a minimum-medium security facility in the desert\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/los-angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">east of Los Angeles<\/a>, opened in 1994 and houses about 2,500 male inmates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/california-prisoner-riot-hospitalized-9-after-200-inmates-rush-corrections-officers\">foxnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine people were&nbsp;hospitalized after around 200 inmates rushed correction officers at a Southern California prison. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, eight corrections officers and an incarcerated man were injured during the violent rush at Ironwood State Prison&nbsp;in Blythe, California. 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