Riots Leave Severe Damage To Kingman Area Prison

Riots at the private prison near Kingman, Arizona have resulted in severe damage to the prison facility – leaving two of the five units uninhabitable, according to Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu. The Dept of Corrections has declared an emergency and must move at least 700 medium custody prisoners immediately.

“Our Pinal Sheriff’s Office has answered their call for help and will be housing some of these prisoners on a temporary basis, until repairs can be made to the Kingman prison facility. We have already helped transfer 240 prisoners last night and early this morning into our PCSO Jail. I’m pleased to report that this operation was conducted without incident or further disturbance. We intend to help transfer additional prisoners today, with a total of 380 to be held at our Pinal County Jail in Florence,” stated Babeu.

On Saturday, Pinal County detention officers moved Pinal County inmates into vacant 10 person gang cells, “in order to free up two person cells to better manage this volatile DoC population,” according to Babeu.

Babeu reports that he authorized Pinal County deputies and detectives with previous detention experience and corrections academy training to work OT shifts needed to properly staff this emergency. “The county manager and Board of Supervisors have been most supportive of our efforts to answer this emergency call for assistance,” stated Babeu.

“When our fellow public safety officers need assistance, we stand ready to help,” concluded Babeu.

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