RESPONSE TEAMS QUELL JAIL BRAWLS; 13 INMATES HURT.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer CASTAIC - A pepper-spray combination and small pellet shots were used to quell quell tr.v. quelled, quell·ing, quells 1. To put down forcibly; suppress: Police quelled the riot. 2. two racially motivated fights at Pitchess Detention Center A detention center or a detention centre is any location used for detention. Specifically, it can mean:
tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. , sheriff's officials said Tuesday. Both of the fights took place at the Castaic complex's North Facility and had inmates divided along racial lines as they fought over use of a shower and about an inmate shaking another's bed. ``We don't have to use (nonlethal weapons Weapons that are explicitly designed and primarily employed so as to incapacitate personnel or material, while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury to personnel, and undesired damage to property and the environment. a. ) a lot,'' said Capt. John Vander  This article or section may fail to make a clear distinction between fact and .Please [ edit this article], according to the fiction guidelines, to meet Wikipedia's . Horck, acting commander at Pitchess. ``But it's necessary when we have to stop the fight one way or another.'' The first disturbance took place in Module Four shortly after 8:30 p.m. and stemmed from an argument over whether African-American and Latino inmates could use the shower facilities at the same time, officials said. ``They try to apply the inmate practices in the state prison system at the county jails,'' Vander Horck said. ``Apparently (a Latino inmate) took exception and a fight was on.'' Two emergency response teams, which included 22 deputies and two sergeants, were called to the dorm. Pepper balls and sting shots were fired when inmates refused to comply with verbal commands. The pepper balls are shot from a paintball paintball Sports medicine A sport in which marble-sized gelatin capsules filled with a nontoxic dye are shot at speeds of 300 kph/200 mph Warning: gun and have rounds filled with a combination of pepper spray and tear gas tear gas, gas that causes temporary blindness through the excessive flow of tears resulting from irritation of the eyes. The gas is used in chemical warfare and as a means for dispersing mobs. . A sting shot is a hard rubber ball that explodes and disperses pellets. ``We'll shoot them into the ceiling, and let them shower down Verb 1. shower down - rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia" shower rain, rain down - precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" ,'' Vander Horck said. ``Once in a while someone may get hit.'' In the first incident, an inmate was hit on the forearm. Another inmate also suffered minor injuries. Eight Latinos were identified as the aggressors and will face disciplinary review, officials said. About an hour later a fight erupted in Module Two, after an African- American and Latino began fighting over the shaking of a bed. ``A group of Hispanic inmates attacked a group of African-American inmates in the back of the dorm,'' Vander Horck said. ``Sometimes things can be spontaneous from one to the next.'' Again, emergency teams responded and three sting shots were used before the fighting stopped. Eleven African-American inmates suffered minor injuries with seven saying they were injured by the rounds that were fired to control the fighting. One inmate was burned on his right arm and forehead, while a second was burned on his thigh. Both dorms hold approximately 96 inmates. Module Four was home to 59 Latinos, 26 African-Americans, five whites and five others. Module Two held 61 Latinos, 28 African-Americans, seven whites and three others. |
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