Lockdown After Prison Riot Leaves One Dead, More than 100 Injured
AP
San Francisco Chronicle
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Castaic, California (US):
Los Angeles County detention centers remained in a lockdown Sunday, as sheriff's investigators sought to determine what led to a race-related riot at a maximum-security jail that left one inmate dead and more than 100 injured.Investigators were interviewing hundreds of inmates and witnesses to the fighting that erupted Saturday afternoon at the North County Correctional Facility between blacks and Hispanics, said Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for the county's Sheriff's Department, which operate the jail system.
Sheriff's officials identified the slain inmate as Wayne Robert Tiznor, 45. Tiznor, who was black, was jailed after being arrested Jan. 3 for failing to register as a sex offender, sheriff's officials said.The motivation behind the riot appeared to be racial tension and a feud between black and Hispanic gangs, investigators said Saturday.It was not clear whether Tiznor was singled out, however.
Feb 06, 2006
AP
San Francisco Chronicle
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Castaic, California (US):
Los Angeles County detention centers remained in a lockdown Sunday, as sheriff's investigators sought to determine what led to a race-related riot at a maximum-security jail that left one inmate dead and more than 100 injured.Investigators were interviewing hundreds of inmates and witnesses to the fighting that erupted Saturday afternoon at the North County Correctional Facility between blacks and Hispanics, said Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for the county's Sheriff's Department, which operate the jail system.
Sheriff's officials identified the slain inmate as Wayne Robert Tiznor, 45. Tiznor, who was black, was jailed after being arrested Jan. 3 for failing to register as a sex offender, sheriff's officials said.The motivation behind the riot appeared to be racial tension and a feud between black and Hispanic gangs, investigators said Saturday.It was not clear whether Tiznor was singled out, however.
Feb 06, 2006
