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For Immediate Release: June 24, 2000
Between 800 and 1000 inmates were on the recreation yard at Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday evening when several fights broke out among about 100 of the inmates. Multiple warning shots were fired from the towers, bringing the disturbance to an end.
Two inmate were treated for stab wounds.
As of 9:25 p.m. Saturday, all inmates had been removed from the recreation yard. Officers removed them in groups of ten. Those believed to be involved in the disturbance were placed in disciplinary segregation.
As a precaution, an emergency count of inmates was conducted and cleared, and the institution was placed on lock down.
The penitentiary's superintendent, Joan Palmateer, called off duty officers in to work to enhance staffing as long as necessary. Oregon State Police and the penitentiary's intelligence officers are investigating.
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last revision 6-28-2000 damonp
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