2 Texas Inmate Killings Result In Nationwide Lockdown Of US Prisons

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The federal prison system has been placed on a nationwide lockdown after two inmates were killed and two others were injured Monday in Beaumont.

— The federal prison system has been placed on a nationwide lockdown after two inmates were killed and two others were injured Monday during a gang altercation at a federal penitentiary in Texas.

The lockdown, being instituted at the agency’s more than 120 federal prisons across the U.S., was prompted by fears of potential retaliation and concern violence could spread to other facilities. During a nationwide lockdown, inmates are kept in their cells most of the day and visiting is canceled. Because of a spike in coronavirus cases in federal prisons, social visits at nearly every facility have been canceled already.

Two inmates, Andrew Pineda, 34, and Guillermo Riojas, 54, were pronounced dead at a local hospital after the attack. Two other prisoners were injured and taken to nearby hospitals for treatment.There have been a number of serious security issues within the federal prison system in the last few months, including several inmate deaths and stabbings.

 

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