A fight involving 31 prisoners broke out Saturday afternoon at Idaho’s maximum-security prison south of Boise and sent one prisoner to a local hospital with injuries that were deemed not life threatening.
Idaho Department of Correction spokesman Jeff Ray told the Idaho Statesman, the brawl, started just before 2 p.m., and was brought under control when corrections officials used pepper spray to subdue prisoners in a day room, while others in the outdoor recreation yard complied when they were ordered to lie on the ground. An internal report did not say how long the incident took to resolve, but it was not considered to be a “significant event.
No corrections officials were injured in the incident, and the injured prisoner returned to the prison several hours after receiving medical attention.
