SC Prison In Lockdown
Published: August 11, 2009
EDGEFIELD, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina federal prison is on
lockdown and four inmates have been sent to a hospital for
treatment after a fight in the recreation yard.
Bureau of Prisons officials say an inmate fight broke out
Tuesday around 12:30 p.m. at a federal prison in Edgefield, near
the South Carolina-Georgia state line. Officials say the fight was
contained quickly, and no staff members were injured.
Four inmates were sent to a hospital for treatment, and several
others were treated at the prison.
Officials say the medium security facility about 25 miles north
of Augusta, Ga., houses more than 1,700 male offenders. An adjacent
satellite camp is home to about 440 minimum security male
offenders.
A spokesman for the prison did not immediately return a message
seeking comment.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
AP-NY-08-11-09 1457EDT
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