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Rebellion at Chino prison, one building burned
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Chino Correctional Facility riot , fires & reports of fatalities
A major riot took place at Chino State Prison, also known as the California Institution for Men, Saturday night in Chino, San Bernardino County, California, Multiple Twitter reports indicate, Rioting, Fires and possible fatalities...
What: Major Riot and Major Structure fire.
Where: Chino State Prison in California.
When: The event began late Saturday, with the first tweets on the incident appearing around 8 p.m. local time. Multiple Twitterers say that the riot has led to fires.
Why: Twitter Reports indicate it started as a race-motivated altercation between Hispanics and African-Americans at the prison, but that can not be confirmed at this time.
Chino Correctional Facility riot , fires & reports of fatalities
A major riot took place at Chino State Prison, also known as the California Institution for Men, Saturday night in Chino, San Bernardino County, California, Multiple Twitter reports indicate, Rioting, Fires and possible fatalities...
What: Major Riot and Major Structure fire.
Where: Chino State Prison in California.
When: The event began late Saturday, with the first tweets on the incident appearing around 8 p.m. local time. Multiple Twitterers say that the riot has led to fires.
Why: Twitter Reports indicate it started as a race-motivated altercation between Hispanics and African-Americans at the prison, but that can not be confirmed at this time.
Twitter account that provides updates on fires and emergency situations provided a series of updates on the riot:
socalincidents: Some prisoners throwing objects at guards, fires still burining out of control, maximum security section is the location of the riots
socalincidents: The prison riot in chino is still ongoing, less than 100 inmates still out of controll, the rest are cooperating with authorities.
socalincidents: There are multiple fires burning, FD does not have access because of security concerns, the riot is in the max security section of the jail
socalincidents: One building in the chino correctional facility is fully engulfed, guards have the section containing the rioters contained.
socalincidents: getting (unconfirmed) reports of fatalities inside the Chino Correctional Facility
Posted by California Fire news at 8/09/2009 05:46:00 AM
http://calfire.blogspot.com/2009/08/chino-correctional-facility-riot-fires.html
LAtimes article http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/08/inmates-injured-in-chino-prison-riot.html
socalincidents: Some prisoners throwing objects at guards, fires still burining out of control, maximum security section is the location of the riots
socalincidents: The prison riot in chino is still ongoing, less than 100 inmates still out of controll, the rest are cooperating with authorities.
socalincidents: There are multiple fires burning, FD does not have access because of security concerns, the riot is in the max security section of the jail
socalincidents: One building in the chino correctional facility is fully engulfed, guards have the section containing the rioters contained.
socalincidents: getting (unconfirmed) reports of fatalities inside the Chino Correctional Facility
Posted by California Fire news at 8/09/2009 05:46:00 AM
http://calfire.blogspot.com/2009/08/chino-correctional-facility-riot-fires.html
LAtimes article http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/08/inmates-injured-in-chino-prison-riot.html
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Sum1nOC: @cbs2kcal9 Large Riot going on in Chino State Prison, just received phone call, guards R not doing anything about it, mexicans & black
Sum1nOC: Mexicans & Blacks killing each other in Chino State Prison riot happening now.
Sum1nOC: @ReneEchavarria huge riot in chino state prison. My brother is locked up there & he said buch of people R hurt bad and killed
Sum1nOC: @socalincidents U R correct. My brother is locked up there & called us to notify us. Guards were letting inmates kill each other.
Sum1nOC: @myfoxla guards in Chino were letting the mexicans & blacks fight.
Here are some other tweets coming in about the developing story:
BiancaMarie88: apparently there is a riot at the Chino prision. that explains the millions of cops and the helicopters.
fastfashion25: Prison Riot at Chino big time stuff going down
MissinginCalif: Riot at Chino Prison. Mercy Air just sent a 2nd helicopter there.
KevinTakumi: Prision Riot: Chino, several small fires, unknown number of injuries but FD tending to several brought on on stretchers, on Fox11
nicholechambers: Crazy prison riot on the news. Fires, fighting…scary.
latinabeatz: wow huge riot and major fire at the Mens Prison in Chino! shit iscrazy! Reports prisoners are roaming around.
iMunky: whoa. prison riot in Chino Hills. i’m kinda sick of hearing about fires. it’s nice to see some other type of breaking news in LA.
ReneEchavarria: @myfoxla what’s going on in chino? At least 30 police cars headed towards prison.
My husband is in Chino and was able to call me at 11:00 pm. He told me to let everyone know that the prison guards started the riot.
Posted by: jay | August 09, 2009 at 01:07 PM
I just wanted to thank the Govener of California for taking away money from these men and women that have to go in and take control of this prison. Look at what he has done making the prison system this dangerous. Not enough people employed and being out numbered in situations is ridiculas. Happy to report that NO MATTER WHAT these COs and Sergents and Leutinents will stick togather and take control! God bless them
Posted by: k | August 09, 2009 at 11:33 AM
The united states surpassed Russia as the prison capitol of the world in the 21st century. The drug war is a war on personal freedoms.
Posted by: jimothy j jones | August 09, 2009 at 08:48 AM
I can't find any info "WHY" the riot took place-- usually people riot for a reason, and I doubt it was "just" because they were locked up....
Posted by: forrrest | August 09, 2009 at 08:33 AM
Well,my I have a loved one is at CSP-LAC,and he is experiencing extreme harrassment, by a C/O Ridgeway,who is a self proclaimed member of "The Green Wall" prison guard Gang.Using the GW name Ridgeway recently broke I/M Leinwebers TV,becuase Leinweber was filing 602 inmate complaint forms for all the inmates who have claimed C/O Ridgeway was harrassing or abusing them.This is against CDCR policy rules and regulation,(as well as the Penal Code and Constitution)stating that no inmate can be retaliated against because he is filing paperwork against any staff member.
Though alledgedlly "squashed" by CDCR adminstartors years ago,the Green Wall prison guard gang is running rampant at MANY prisons throughout the state,CSP-LAC,HD.......and many others.
These guards abuse and harrass inmates,under the guise of the badge,and CDCR Internal Affairs needs to check into it ,asap,before someone dies at their hands!
Posted by: Caliwoman | August 09, 2009 at 08:30 AM
It is thoughtful news. More is HERE
Posted by: koljamaster | August 09, 2009 at 06:36 AM
Really? Only firefighter and law enforcement on scene? No word about paramedics or EMTs? I guess the injured treated themselves and walked to the ER.
Posted by: Andy in Rancho | August 09, 2009 at 04:05 AM
I am not surprised as complaints that the guards at many prisons are angry over the three-judge panel's ruling and abusing inmates in many ways. For example, at Sierra Conservation Center on Aug. 5, the day after the ruling, they put inmates in the hot sun for four hours while they totally trashed their cells. The guard's claimed that they were looking for a "radio" belonging to the guards. Right. Like a prisoner is going to have something like that! The D.O.M. regs say that the inmates should be present during a search for a specific item like that, but instead the cells were trashed and inmates made to swelter. There is no oversight of the prisons, or accountability of the guards, particularly in areas where Republican senators and assembly sit in power. Mail is blocked or delayed for weeks, legal deadlines are being impeded, typewriters denied in a time when inmates should all be using computers, every effort is being made to keep them locked up and to get them to break down and act out. It's a huge humanitarian mess which the public can't really see due to the ban of the media.
Posted by: Dr. B. Cayenne Bird | August 09, 2009 at 03:36 AM
these riots are going to continue because the COs are letting them so as to show the State that they can not cut any jobs of the COs....
I tend to believe these comments that the guards in some way staged the conditions allowing this to happen. The environment reinforces behavior where you have to form allegiances with a gang to avoid being hurt in prison.
Is there a list of injured or hospitalized inmates from chino prison riot?
One Love,
Cynthia Wade
True, there are many that are in the system who deserve to be there. And there are many who do not. That is a case by case basis, and can be argued by anyone (and is), and whom usually do not have any credibility to argue their point, while keeping an unbiased point of view, as its a difficult position to maintain without being biased.
I was in Soledad in the 90's, and because the ''gang experts'' (whose world and modes of thinking do not extend beyond the walls and wires) dont have to even have self admission from an individual regarding affiliation, I was forever branded with affiliation to a gang. Funny that some of the C/O's try their hardest to look like Con's, (Cholo mustaches and even prison tattoos) Yeah, we need cops to maintain order, to keep the law in check. But who keeps the criminals and gangbangers that wear the CDC uniform in check? Who actually combats infiltration of the CDC by the crooked screws? Cos do your homework, theres many out there. Ive met good C/O's and a whole lotta bad ones, who feel that the piece of shiny tin they wear means that bending the law to keep those 'criminals' in check is Okay, and it makes them feel better when they go and tell the world they are keeping us safe. Actually, the electric fence at the institution is keeping us safe... watch "Natural Born Killers" sometime, or read " Hate Factory"...
CDC officers throwin up placacas and representing something? Sounds like a job for Dexter to me. He should start with CTF officers Healey or Kuyukendahl, and then take a shit in CC-I Metcalf's mouth.