Inmate killed in prison riot
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One inmate was killed and 15 others were hospitalized after a riot at a federal prison in Three Rivers.
How the inmate died was under investigation, said Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Deborah Denham. No staff members were injured.
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