B.C. prison under lockdown after fight breaks out among inmates
Nov 9, 2008
AGASSIZ, B.C. — A British Columbia prison was placed under lockdown over the weekend after a fight broke out among inmates.
The Correctional Service of Canada says inmates at Kent Institution in Agassiz were in the prison’s gymnasium Saturday evening when the fight started.
The inmates were returned to their block at the maximum-security prison, but they refused to be locked into their cells.
Instead, the inmates went into the yard and tried to break through a fence to gain access to the roof.
Guards used gas to get the prisoners under control, and after the scuffle a staff member was sent to hospital and later released.
Prison officials couldn’t be reached Sunday for an update on the lockdown.
There are currently 229 inmates at Kent, which is located about 120 kilometres east of Vancouver.
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