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In Raymondville, TX, there is actually a federal prison that largely houses illegal immigrants with criminal records. Today, around 2000 of the inmates seized portions of the prison, and set fire to three of the ten housing units in the prison, a effort that has the Wallacy County Sherriff calling "an Uprising."
Hostages were not taken, but police negotiators are talking with inmates.
Management & Training Corp., the private contractor that operates the Willacy County Correctional Center in south Texas for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, said inmates became disruptive early Friday. They’re upset with medical services and refused to perform work duties.
The contractor said inmates “breached” their housing units and reached the recreation yard. The Valley Morning Star reports fires were set inside three of the prison’s 10 housing units.
Source: AP
Hostages were not taken, but police negotiators are talking with inmates.
Management & Training Corp., the private contractor that operates the Willacy County Correctional Center in south Texas for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, said inmates became disruptive early Friday. They’re upset with medical services and refused to perform work duties.
The contractor said inmates “breached” their housing units and reached the recreation yard. The Valley Morning Star reports fires were set inside three of the prison’s 10 housing units.
Source: AP
