4 INMATES INJURED IN FIGHTING AT MIRA LOMA : RACIAL CLASH BETWEEN ASIANS, LATINOS INVOLVED ABOUT 50.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer Four inmates were injured over the weekend in a brawl involving about 50 inmates in a racially motivated fight at the recently reopened Mira Loma Jail, deputies said Monday. The fight divided Latinos and Asians and started at 5:50 p.m. Saturday in the yard of the jail. The fight lasted about two minutes and was stopped by deputies using verbal commands. One inmate was taken to Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital for treatment of a cut to his face. Three others were treated at the jail for their injuries. No weapons were involved and no deputies were injured. An operations sergeant for the jail said he could not discuss what, if any, changes were made in security as a result of the fight. Mira Loma reopened Feb. 24 after being closed for nearly four years. The former county jail is now used to house immigrants who are facing deportation deportation, expulsion of an alien from a country by an act of its government. The term is not applied ordinarily to sending a national into exile or to committing one convicted of crime to an overseas penal colony (historically called transportation). proceedings. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. is running the jail under contract from the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service Noun 1. Immigration and Naturalization Service - an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States INS . The jail now houses about 260 inmates. The jail's population is expected to grow to about 500 inmates, most of them recently released from state prisons and county jails in the Western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century . Federal officials plan before the end of the year to open two courtrooms at Mira Loma so immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. judges can conduct deportation hearings. However, for the next several months, the inmates brought there will be men who have already undergone hearings and are awaiting decisions or appeals. |
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