Révolte de la prison de Burgin au Kentucky – août 2009
[Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqqxvMN5m3g]
[Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJaQEnzTjig]
[Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqFfBrMDYK8]
4 Ky. inmates still hospitalized after prison riot
23 août 2009
BURGIN, Ky. — Four prisoners remained hospitalized and hundreds of others had to be relocated Saturday after rioting inmates set their central Kentucky prison on fire.
Flames shot into the air during the melee Friday night, seriously damaging several buildings, and parts of the medium-security Northpoint Training Center continued to smolder nearly 24 hours later.
The 500 inmates who remained at the prison 30 miles south of Lexington were being compliant, said Jennifer Brislin, spokeswoman for the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.
About 700 others were being taken to other facilities across the state. In some cases that meant inmates were double-bunking or sleeping in gyms or other secure buildings inside prisons.
Officials would not say what caused the rioting, which injured eight staff members and eight prisoners. None of the injured staffers were hospitalized, said Cheryl Million, a spokeswoman for the Kentucky Department of Corrections. Authorities would not provide conditions for the inmates still being treated.
Those who remained at Northpoint were getting food and medical care from temporary stations because the fire destroyed six buildings, including a kitchen, medical center, canteen and visitation area. They were to be moved into a 196-bed dormitory that remained habitable, as well as a unit of single cells.
The disturbance started Friday evening when prisoners set fire to trash cans and other items inside and outside the prison. All fires were contained by 4 p.m. EDT Saturday, Brislin said.
Officers in riot gear had rushed in with tear gas about 9 p.m. Friday, and all the inmates were subdued within two hours, authorities said.
Gov. Steve Beshear praised corrections officials and state police for handling the situation without any serious injuries.
« Their work last night in the face of the most trying circumstances was truly remarkable, » Beshear said in a statement Saturday.
Local and state police formed a perimeter around the outside of the facility to make sure no one escaped.
Prison spokeswoman Mendalyn Cochran had told The Advocate-Messenger of Danville the facility had been on lockdown since Tuesday, when a group of inmates assaulted two others.
Million would only say that some inmates had access to matches because smoking is allowed in parts of the prison.
The union representing employees at the prison — the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Kentucky — said in a release Saturday that the disturbance could have been worse.
The union said the prison lacked essential equipment such as working radios and flexible handcuffs.
The melee came two weeks after more than 1,000 inmates rioted at the California Institution for Men in Southern California. The prison was designed to hold about half as many inmates, although investigators say they don’t know if crowding helped spark the racially charged riot.
Northpoint had more than 1,100 general population inmates housed in six open-bay dormitories, according to its Web site. Another 60 special management inmates were housed in single cells in a separate structure, and 40 minimum-security inmates in another separate structure.
It opened in 1983 and has a staff of 285.
Rioting inmates set central Ky. prison ablaze
By JEFFREY McMURRAY (AP) – 23 août 2009
BURGIN, Ky. — Rioting inmates set fire to trash cans and other items inside a central Kentucky prison, and damage to some buildings was so extensive that officials were busing many of the facility’s 1,200 prisoners elsewhere, police said Saturday.
By early morning, firefighters had extinguished the fires at the medium-security Northpoint Training Center in a rural area 30 miles south of Lexington, state police Lt. David Jude said.
Eight inmates were treated for minor injuries, and eight staff were also injured in the melee, although none of the employees were admitted to the hospital, said Cheryl Million, a spokeswoman for the Kentucky Department of Corrections.
Officers in riot gear rushed the prisoners with tear gas about 9 p.m. Friday, and all the inmates were subdued in less than two hours, authorities said.
Six buildings had burned, including a kitchen, medical center, canteen and visitation area. Million also said all but one of the dormitories, a 196-bed unit, were damaged and uninhabitable.
A bus carrying some 42 inmates deemed higher security risks left the property shortly after 6 a.m., heading to an undisclosed facility. It wasn’t clear how many other inmates would have to be moved.
Gov. Steve Beshear praised corrections officials and state police for handling the situation without any serious injuries.
« Their work last night in the face of the most trying circumstances was truly remarkable, » Beshear said in a statement. « Corrections officials are currently assessing the extent of damage to determine the needs going forward for safely housing prisoners in the coming days and for the long term. »
Some of the inmates would be able to stay at Northpoint, Million said.
« As we continue to assess the situation, other inmates could possibly be transferred, » Million said. « Decisions to transfer would be based on facilities security levels and inmates’ needs. »
Jude said the prisoners were being kept in an outdoor courtyard surrounded by prison guards. Police formed a perimeter around the outside of the facility to make sure no one escaped.
Portable toilets were brought in, and prison officials were using temporary food stations to feed the prisoners because the fire in the kitchen destroyed much of the prison’s food supply.
« Everything seems to be at a calm, » Jude said. « They’re sitting down, kind of going with the program right now. »
Jude didn’t immediately say what caused of the rioting, which began around 6:30 p.m. Friday.
Prison spokeswoman Mendolyn Cochran said Friday the prison had been on lockdown since Tuesday, when one group of inmates assaulted two others, The Advocate-Messenger of Danville reported. Later Friday, some inmates started setting fires in trash cans, she said.
Million wouldn’t confirm the report, saying only that some of the fires started in trash cans and that some inmates had access to matches because smoking is allowed in parts of the prison.
The melee in Kentucky comes two weeks after more than 1,000 inmates rioted at the California Institution for Men in Southern California. The prison was designed to hold about half as many inmates, although investigators say they don’t know if crowding helped spark the racially charged riot.
Northpoint has more than 1,100 general population inmates housed in six open-bay dormitories, according to its Web site. Another 60 special management inmates are housed in single cells in a separate structure, and 40 minimum-security inmates are housed in another separate structure.
It opened in 1983 and has a staff of 285.
Inmates set fires in melee at central Ky. prison
22 août 2009
BURGIN, Ky. — Police say officers have subdued all inmates at a medium-security men’s prison in Kentucky where prisoners had set fire to at least two buildings. Officials say no staff or officers were hurt, though some inmates had minor injuries.
Police in riot gear had entered Friday night, firing tear gas in the Northpoint Training Center.
State police spokesman Lt. David Jude says Dozens of officers from state police and local departments had responded.
Loud explosions could be heard along with demands for the inmates to surrender.
Public information officer Mendolyn Cochran says the prison has been on lockdown since Tuesday, when 10 to 15 inmates assaulted two others.
Cochran says inmates started setting fires in trash cans Friday evening.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.
BURGIN, Ky. (AP) — Police in riot gear have entered a medium-security men’s prison in Kentucky where inmates have set fire to at least two buildings. A prison spokeswoman says no injuries have been reported and no hostages have been taken.
The Advocate-Messenger of Danville reports that Kentucky State Police and staff of the Northpoint Training Center were firing tear gas as they entered the prison Friday night.
Loud explosions could be heard along with demands for the inmates to surrender.
State police spokesman Lt. David Jude says dozens of police officers from the state police and local departments have responded to the scene, which he described as « serious. »
Public information officer Mendolyn Cochran says Northpoint Training Center has been on lockdown since Tuesday, when 10 to 15 inmates assaulted two others.
Cochran says inmates started setting fires in trash cans Friday evening.
anthropologie du présent 