NATION : Tear Gas Used to Quell N.Y. Jail Riot
Officers used tear gas to quell a jail riot early today and then negotiated an end to a standoff with 150 other inmates who barricaded themselves in their dorms with piled-up furniture, officials said.
Six officers and six inmates were taken to a hospital as a precaution, but no serious injuries were reported in the uprising at the 2,700-inmate jail on Rikers Island, said Correction Department spokeswoman Ruby Ryles.
About 50 inmates set fires and blockaded their dorm with mattresses, complaining that one of two men removed earlier from the unit for fighting had been unfairly punished, Ryles said.
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