The Associated Press
CALIPATRIA, Calif. — Authorities say two inmates were shot and a dozen others injured as guards used pepper spray and gunfire to break up a brawl among about 120 inmates at a Southern California prison.
Spokesman Jorge Santana says all inmates at Calipatria State Prison are expected to survive, but one had to be airlifted out after Tuesday’s brawl.
The prison in Imperial County is on lockdown, and 10 inmates have been taken to outside hospitals with injuries ranging from moderate to serious.
Santana says guards used pepper spray on prisoners, then fired four rounds from a shotgun.
A team from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating the violence.
Santana says the brawl happened among the general prison population in a maximum security yard. He says no staff members were hurt.