The inmates then took over the area, and sent out a list of demands to the jail staff, including televisions, cheaper canteen prices, more magazines and vocational and substance abuse programs, Fox…
A Massachusetts prison was left in tatters following a six-hour standoff between inmates and staff, where the prisoners trashed the facility and brandished sharpened furniture as weapons.
Altogether, officials say the inmates caused about $200,000 worth of damages at the jail, located in North Dartmouth, about 60 miles south of Boston. Officials said the prison was looking to add toilets, door locks and suicide-resistant bunk beds to the cells, but the inmates refused to be moved for the renovations.Bristol County Sheriff's OfficeThe cells didn’t have locks on them because of state regulations over the lack of bathrooms, which the prison was looking to update.As tensions rose, the correctional officers stopped the process and quickly left that area of the prison to avoid becoming hostages, locking the doors as they ran.
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