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FIVE INMATES HOSPITALIZED IN GILMER PRISON RIOT - Prison On Lockdown, Gang Members Tear-Gassed During Epsiode, Gilmer Officials Not Notified |
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By Drew Moody For the Hur Herald October 2, 2010 Violence erupted September 23 as 120 gang members began fighting in the prison's recreation yard, a prison employee website reported. Apparently one faction, a hundred-strong, attacked another group of 20 gang members who may have recently been transferred into the facility. Inmates used horseshoes, rocks, boots and fists to pummel each other. One guard was struck in the face with a rock. FCI-Gilmer has been in a state of "lock down" since the evening of the violence. Gilmer County authorities were apparently not notified of the riot, nor did the prison release public information regarding the problem. Five inmates were hospitalized, with one of the victims severely beaten with a horseshoe. Sources suggest one inmate may not survive, after being speared in the eye with a piece of a broom handle. On one inmate blog, a Kentucky woman shared she'd just received a letter from a relative serving out his sentence at FCI-Gilmer. Guards used full riot gear and tear gas to bring the violence under control, she wrote. More than 120 'Latino' gang members were involved. Several federal facilities are plagued with gang-related violence. Since September 1, several federal prisons have been "locked down" as a result of gang-related violence, according the the AFGE Council of Prison Local 33 website. See their daily report logs and lock-down status reports at www.cpl33.info/index The Gilmer federal prison has about 1,800 inmates in what is called a minimum-to-medium security facility. In addition, perhaps 120 inmates are part of an "unfenced" camp area. Despite the minimum-to-medium designation, former guards at the facility, local law enforcement and union construction representatives have said at least 12 maximum security cells were set at FCI-Gilmer at the time of its construction.
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