Attempted riot stopped at Otero County jail
OTERO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – The Otero County Detention Center says eight detainees tried to incite a riot on Tuesday evening. The jail’s director says the inmates barricaded themselves on the second floor of a maximum security unit for several hours after one of them was disciplined for threatening staff.
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The jail says the inmates were armed with makeshift weapons and set fires to brooms. Law enforcement quelled the disturbance around 1 a.m. on Wednesday.
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