A massive riot at a California prison on Wednesday led to eight corrections officers and one inmate being hospitalized, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Authorities said that 200 inmates at Ironwood State Prison in Blythe “rushed toward the officers attacking them with fists and rocks.” The violent outburst began around 10 a.m. Wednesday when officers were escorting an inmate who was part of a contraband investigation, KCRA reported. The prisoners reportedly rushed the corrections officers after the inmate they were escorting headbutted a staff member and was being subdued.
Officers fired warning shots from their rifles and then used “chemical agents and non-lethal impact rounds” to stop the riot, authorities said in a statement. The eight corrections officers and the inmate who were injured in the melee were treated at a hospital and…
