SHIRLEY, MASS. (WHDH) - Officials have released video from inside Souza-Baranowski correctional facility during yesterday’s incident.
The Massachusetts Department of Corrections also several photos from the incident at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center, where dozens of inmates were involved in an altercation Monday.
Officials declared a disturbance at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center at 3:50 p.m. Monday and regained control around 7 p.m.
Secretary of Public Safety Daniel Bennett says several dozen inmates at a maximum-security prison armed themselves and were “getting ready for war” during a disturbance
The maximum-security prison in the town of Shirley houses about 1,100 inmates. The disorder affected a unit with about 50 inmates but Fallon says it wasn’t immediately clear how many were involved.
Bennett says security video shows inmates — including some serving life sentences for murder — smashing furniture, computers and fire extinguishers to fashion makeshift knives and other weapons. He says they intended to attack corrections officers.
State Police spokesman David Procopio says troopers were on standby outside the building but didn’t enter as corrections officers used de-escalation methods.
The inmates gave up after police flooded the unit with pepper spray.
Officials are now assessing the damage, including to an officers’ station.
Take a look at some of the photos below.
The Department of Corrections’ full post, below:
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