10 Inmates Hurt in Pitchess Rancho Brawl
Ten inmates at the Peter J. Pitchess Honor Rancho in Castaic received minor injuries Sunday in a racial brawl that erupted when one inmate objected to another receiving a second helping at breakfast, Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said.
The inmates were treated for cuts and returned to the jail north of Santa Clarita.
The melee broke out in a dormitory shortly before 7:30 a.m. after a white inmate complained about a black inmate getting extra food, deputies said.
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