Source: Ananova

Prison riot over underdone chicken dinner

A prison riot erupted because a tough inmate thought his chicken dinner was underdone.

Riot police had to quell the trouble at Autry State Prison, in Pelham, Georgia.

The prison guards locked down the entire jail until reinforcements arrived to restore order after two hours.

"It appears they were incited by one particular inmate who was complaining that his chicken was not thoroughly cooked," said Scott Stallings, a spokesman for the Georgia Department of Corrections.

"It appears it was just his complaint about the chicken. But you'd be surprised how things we might consider insignificant on the outside can be a real problem in a prison setting.

"These are tough people. They're not in prison for making rational and evenhanded decisions."

Mr Stallings says the prison staff isolated the disgruntled inmates to one floor of a cellblock and locked down the prison's other 1,175 inmates.

During the dispute, the inmates damaged lights, broke off sprinkler heads, broke windows and set fire to mattresses causing about £8,000 worth of damage.

The angry inmates refused to return to their cells until 36 tactical squad members entered the cellblock. No injuries were reported.

"It appears it was just a spontaneous thing," Mr Stallings said.

An investigation has been launched.

Story filed:11:25 Tuesday 18th December 2001

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That's good,now perhaps the savings could be made from tax payers money by feeding them Rats... Cordon Bleu of course


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