Inmate uprising erupts at North Carolina jail as prisoners seize control and force law enforcement response
- Inmates at a North Carolina jail briefly seized control of part of the facility Monday morning after overpowering correctional staff, triggering a law enforcement response that ended with authorities regaining control.
- at the Bertie-Martin Regional Detention Center in Windsor, where three guards and 88 inmates were inside when the disturbance began, according to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation.
- By early Monday afternoon, state investigators and the FBI had entered the jail and “cleared the facility,” authorities said.
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- Inmates at a North Carolina jail briefly seized control of part of the facility Monday morning after overpowering correctional staff, triggering a law enforcement response that ended with authorities regaining control.
- at the Bertie-Martin Regional Detention Center in Windsor, where three guards and 88 inmates were inside when the disturbance began, according to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation.
- By early Monday afternoon, state investigators and the FBI had entered the jail and “cleared the facility,” authorities said.
Sources: The Independent