Inmates close Alaska prison section; officers regain control
Posted May 8, 2019 05:33:14 PM.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Department of Corrections says 62 prisoners took control of a section of a maximum security prison.
Corrections officers regained full control Wednesday morning at Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward after about nine hours.
The prisoners at 9 p.m. Tuesday barricaded the entry to their section and began destroying property.
Response teams from Kenai and Anchorage arrived at about 3 a.m.
The teams forced their way into the barricaded unit.
No staff or prisoners were injured. The department says every inmate was cleared by medical personnel and decontaminated.
A department spokeswoman, Sarah Gallagher, did not immediately respond to questions about what prompted the disturbance.
The Associated Press
