Folsom prison riot, gunfire leaves 7 inmates injured
FOLSOM, CA - At least seven inmates at Old Folsom prison suffered non-life threatening injuries after a riot broke out at the prison late Friday evening, according to a state prisons department spokesman.
Seven prisoners were hit with gunfire from corrections officers following the riot that broke out in the facility's recreation yard around 7 p.m. Friday, Folsom CDCR spokesman Lt. Anthony Gentile said.
Of the nearly 400 prisoners out on the yard at the time of the incident, as many as 200 inmates were involved in the fighting, Gentile said.
CDCR spokesman Luis Patino said none of the injuries were life-threatening and no corrections officers were hurt in the exchange.
At least three prisoners transported to area medical centers, while two others were being treated at the prison, Patino said.
It was not immediately clear what triggered the rioting, Gentile said.
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Folsom Prison Riot, Gunfire Leaves 7 Inmates Injured
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, Aug 27 2010 10:14 PM
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Posted 27 August 2010 - 10:14 PM
A VETERAN
Whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America" for an amount "up to and including their life".
That is HONOR, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it.
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Posted 28 August 2010 - 06:56 AM
Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets
Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets
I love to hear those convicts squeal
It's a shame these slugs ain't real
But we can't have dancin' at the local county jail
Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets
I love to hear those convicts squeal
It's a shame these slugs ain't real
But we can't have dancin' at the local county jail
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Posted 28 August 2010 - 07:49 AM
too bad the headlines aren't 7 inmates dead after riot at Folsom Prison.
Might serve as a better deterrent against riots in the future, and it definitely prevents 7 prisoners from rioting again.
Might serve as a better deterrent against riots in the future, and it definitely prevents 7 prisoners from rioting again.
I would rather be Backpacking
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Posted 28 August 2010 - 10:16 AM
I hope all my guard friends are ok.
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Posted 28 August 2010 - 10:28 AM
even better, as long as the guards are safe, would be to let them fight to the finish....and do a video which they could probably sell for a bunch, especially if it could focus on highlights of the better fights..
the inmates could build up a better body count
the inmates could build up a better body count
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