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TX: Prisoners set fire and take two hostages at GEO Reeves Co Detention Center

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 Rioting inmates hold 2 hostages at privately run prison in West Texas The Associated Press PECOS ? Inmates at a privately run prison took two hostages Friday after starting a riot and setting at least one fire, authorities said. Unrest broke out in the afternoon at the sprawling Reeves County Detention Center, which holds more than 2,400 inmates. By late Friday, it was still not clear what prompted the riot, whether anyone inside the prison had been injured, or how many inmates were involved. The hostages are recreation specialists, and a hostage negotiator was talking to the inmates, Reeves County sheriff?s spokesman Michael Estorga told the Odessa American. Fire crews and additional law officers were initially called to the complex after a fire broke out in one building...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 13, 2008 (boomark / email).