PHOENIX – Authorities say a fight among 200 inmates at an Arizona state prison has left several of them injured.
Corrections spokesman Bill Lamoreaux says a unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex at Tucson will be locked down for several days as a result of Thursday’s melee.
The Arizona Republic reports that fighting broke out around 5:30 p.m. in the Santa Rita Unit yard among some 200 inmates.
Lamoreaux says guards and other prison personnel gained control of the yard within a half hour without using force.
He says several inmates were injured, but did not provide details. The Arizona Daily Star reports that fire officials took 10 people to hospitals.