Inmates at a Kansas prison took over a cell block and began destroying property and setting off fire extinguishers in a disturbance that stretched from Thursday to early Friday, a corrections department spokesman said.
The inmates and disturbance were confined to the cell house, and staff monitored the situation via video.
The cause of the disturbance at the medium-security housing unit was not clear, and an investigation would be done to determine what prompted it, Bowman said. As of Thursday morning, 14 staff had tested positive and were at home, and 12 inmates had tested positive and have been placed in a medical isolation unit, Bowman said.suggested that concerns over coronavirus and masks were at least part of the reason for the unrest, but the inmate also said there was frustration about not being able to shower.
The prison is in Lansing, northwest of Kansas City. The cell house has between 120 and 160 inmates, Bowman said. The prison overall has a capacity of 1,906 inmates, according to the department.
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