Inmate Injured in Fight at Pitchess Jail
One man was injured in a fight that broke out among 25 inmates at the Peter Pitchess Honor Rancho in Saugus early Sunday, but the violence was quelled within five minutes by deputies using sting grenades, the Sheriff’s Department reported.
The disturbance between members of rival gangs erupted about 1:50 a.m. in a 100-inmate dorm in the jail’s maximum-security North Facility, Deputy Diane Hecht said. Inmates used broken broomsticks, telephone handsets and metal shanks as weapons.
Deputies in riot gear used sting grenades, which shoot rubber pellets, to stop the fighting, Hecht said. No deputies were injured in the melee, but one inmate was cut above the lip.
The injured inmate was treated at the jail’s infirmary and transferred to Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles. Several other inmates involved in the fight also were transferred to other jails, Hecht said.
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