Chino State Prison Riot (Los Angeles Times)
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CHINO -- Clean up and repairs from last weekend's prison riot will cost taxpayers $5 million to $6 million, according to California's corrections chief.
That price tag does not include rebuilding a dormitory destroyed in a fire at the California Institution for Men in Chino, says Corrections Secretary Matthew Cate.
Cate says the department will try to find the money within its existing budget.
Meanwhile, authorities have transferred more than 1,000 inmates to other facilities after the racially motivated weekend riot.
State Prison's Spokeswoman Terry Thornton says 1,155 inmates displaced by the fighting were in new housing by the Tuesday afternoon.
The Saturday riot at the California Institution for Men in Chino destroyed seven dormitory-style housing units and injured 175 inmates, some critically. A fire damaged two of the units.
Eleven inmates remain hospitalized.
Officials have blamed the riot on racial tensions between black and Latinos prisoners.
The riot began at about 8:20 p.m. Saturday at the Reception Center West facility, according to prison spokesman Lt. Mark Hargrove.
The fighting quickly spread to six other barracks, each of which hold about 200 inmates, and lasted until around midnight.
Some 80 officers responded to the riot.
Hargrove said they sprayed pepper spray, used batons and shot foam projectiles to remove inmates who had barricaded themselves inside.
More than 250 inmates suffered injuries ranging from stab wounds and slashes to head trauma, Hargrove said, adding that most were inflicted by "weapons of opportunity" like broken glass.
Most of the injured were treated at the prison, but 55 had to be taken to nearby hospitals.
No prison staff members were injured.
That price tag does not include rebuilding a dormitory destroyed in a fire at the California Institution for Men in Chino, says Corrections Secretary Matthew Cate.
Cate says the department will try to find the money within its existing budget.
Meanwhile, authorities have transferred more than 1,000 inmates to other facilities after the racially motivated weekend riot.
State Prison's Spokeswoman Terry Thornton says 1,155 inmates displaced by the fighting were in new housing by the Tuesday afternoon.
The Saturday riot at the California Institution for Men in Chino destroyed seven dormitory-style housing units and injured 175 inmates, some critically. A fire damaged two of the units.
Eleven inmates remain hospitalized.
Officials have blamed the riot on racial tensions between black and Latinos prisoners.
The riot began at about 8:20 p.m. Saturday at the Reception Center West facility, according to prison spokesman Lt. Mark Hargrove.
The fighting quickly spread to six other barracks, each of which hold about 200 inmates, and lasted until around midnight.
Some 80 officers responded to the riot.
Hargrove said they sprayed pepper spray, used batons and shot foam projectiles to remove inmates who had barricaded themselves inside.
More than 250 inmates suffered injuries ranging from stab wounds and slashes to head trauma, Hargrove said, adding that most were inflicted by "weapons of opportunity" like broken glass.
Most of the injured were treated at the prison, but 55 had to be taken to nearby hospitals.
No prison staff members were injured.
