Crime & Safety
More Details Emerge on Kinross Prison Riot
Prisoners say all was under control until police arrived in riot gear with pepper spray.
(Originally published Oct. 4, 2016) LANSING, MI — Some are saying riot, others say skirmish, but it's becoming clear that an incident at Kinross Correctional Facility last month was bigger than originally reported, and some are blaming prison authorities for the escalation. A Kinross inmate told the Detroit Free Press that the prisoners were under control and had returned to their units on Sept. 10 until more than 100 armed officers arrived and fired pepper spray.
“It could have been settled,” Kinross inmate Anthony Bates told the Free Press in a telephone interview.“When the officers came in, they caused chaos,” said Bates, 39. “It sparked the flame … (and) started a wildfire.”
Nobody was injured in the incident, during which inmates set at least one fire, threw a clothes dryer through a window, and destroyed sinks, other fixtures and inmate files. At least one unit was unlivable as a result.
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