10 inmates injured in riot at Arizona prison

Posted: 6:08 PM
Last Updated: 27 minutes ago

ELOY, AZ - Ten inmates have been injured after a riot at a private prison in central Arizona.

Eloy police say the disturbance occurred during Thursday afternoon's lunch hour at the Red Rock Correctional Facility and involved an estimated 110 inmates. They say the riot was in an area of the prison that houses only California inmates.

It's unclear what triggered the riot, but prison staff used pepper spray and ended it within 10 minutes.

They say no staff members were injured and 10 inmates were taken to hospitals outside the prison for treatment of injuries ranging from moderate to serious.

Prison officials say the 1,596-bed facility now is in lockdown. Red Rock Correctional Center is owned by Corrections Corporation of America and houses male inmates for California and Hawaii and detainees of the U.S. Marshals Service.

CCA managers along with California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation investigators are investigating the disturbance.