Ariz. prison on lockdown after fight involving 100
BUCKEYE, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona corrections official says a fight has broken out among more than 100 inmates at the Lewis prison complex west of Phoenix, injuring three inmates and a corrections officer.
Arizona Department of Corrections spokesman Barrett Marson says the Wednesday morning fight has prompted officials to put the prison on lockdown.
Marson says the fight broke out in a high-security unit of the prison and was mostly in the recreation yard and the kitchen.
Marson also says no one suffered life-threatening injuries, and that no weapons were used in the fight. He says the officer suffered bumps and bruises, and one inmate who had a head injury was flown to a Phoenix hospital.
He says the reason why the fight broke out is under investigation.
