"Full-scale riot" breaks out at US prison

Updated 20.47 Tue Apr 24 2007
Keywords: riot, prison, US, Indiana

A "full-scale riot" has broken out at a medium-security men's prison in America.

Pictures taken from television helicopters showed at least two fires burning in the courtyard.

Indiana Department of Correction confirmed that there was a disturbance at the New Castle Correctional Facility

Indiana Department of Correction spokeswoman Java Ahmed confirmed there was a disturbance at the New Castle Correctional Facility, about 43 miles east of Indianapolis.

She told journalists she had no further details.

The local mayor, Tom Nipp, said the entire city police force had been activated.

The prison, built in 2002, houses about 450 inmates.

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