Twelve prisoners were injured during a fight between white and Latino inmates on Friday at the California Institution for Men.
The fighting started about 9:15 a.m. inside one of Reception Center-West's housing units, according to a CIM news release.
Using pepper spray, guards broke up the fight at the Laguna Hall unit within minutes.
Hargrove said about 50 inmates were involved in what he called a "riot."
Chino Mayor Dennis Yates has vigorously voiced his concerns to the state about CIM's overcrowding, as well as a proposed mental-health unit there.
On Friday, Yates said overcrowding was the reason for the fighting.
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Saturday, April 5, 2008
California: Police have spent over $300,000 during enforcement actions against UC Tree Sit
UC Berkeley police have spent $300,000 and taken more than 200 police reports while managing a group of protesters living in campus trees for 17 months, says Cal Police Chief Victoria Harrison.
About a half-dozen people have been living in the oak grove next to Memorial Stadium since December 2006 to protest the school's plan to cut down the trees and build an athletic training center.
The project has been held up in court for more than a year after the city of Berkeley, a neighborhood group and a group that wants to save the trees sued the university. A judge's decision is due before June.
Some of the $300,000 the police have spent in connection with the protest has gone toward overtime and some toward 24-hour security guards at the protest site, Harrison said.
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About a half-dozen people have been living in the oak grove next to Memorial Stadium since December 2006 to protest the school's plan to cut down the trees and build an athletic training center.
The project has been held up in court for more than a year after the city of Berkeley, a neighborhood group and a group that wants to save the trees sued the university. A judge's decision is due before June.
Some of the $300,000 the police have spent in connection with the protest has gone toward overtime and some toward 24-hour security guards at the protest site, Harrison said.
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Canada: UBC students arrested during anti-development protest
Police arrested several students at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver late Friday night after a protest quickly escalated into an intense confrontation.
A large crowd of UBC students had gathered outside the Student Union Building to demonstrate against the redevelopment of a grassy knoll at the location. A bonfire was lit as the protest neared its end, drawing police to the scene.
When police arrived, they tried to put out the fire, said Bahram Norouzi, one of the protest organizers.
A student stood in front of the hose, blocking the police's action, and was then taken away, Norouzi told CBC News.
Other students became angry and thought it was an unfair arrest, he said, so they proceeded to march around the police cruiser in which the student had been detained.
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A large crowd of UBC students had gathered outside the Student Union Building to demonstrate against the redevelopment of a grassy knoll at the location. A bonfire was lit as the protest neared its end, drawing police to the scene.
When police arrived, they tried to put out the fire, said Bahram Norouzi, one of the protest organizers.
A student stood in front of the hose, blocking the police's action, and was then taken away, Norouzi told CBC News.
Other students became angry and thought it was an unfair arrest, he said, so they proceeded to march around the police cruiser in which the student had been detained.
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Texas: Detention Facility For Immigrant Kids Sued
Eight immigrant teenagers held at a facility for unaccompanied minors filed a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming they were abused and denied access to attorneys.
The teens from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Cuba were being held at the San Antonio facility run by Houston-based Cornell Companies Inc. under a contract with the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement.
Undocumented minors caught by authorities in the United States fall under the care of ORR while their immigration cases are decided.
But Susan Watson, an attorney for Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, said the teens were beaten and subjected to other excessive force in violation of their constitutional rights.
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The teens from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Cuba were being held at the San Antonio facility run by Houston-based Cornell Companies Inc. under a contract with the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement.
Undocumented minors caught by authorities in the United States fall under the care of ORR while their immigration cases are decided.
But Susan Watson, an attorney for Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, said the teens were beaten and subjected to other excessive force in violation of their constitutional rights.
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