WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state spokeswoman says nearly 800 Washington State Penitentiary inmates will remain on lockdown through the weekend as prison officials continue their investigation of a fight involving nearly 50 inmates.
Guards used pepper spray to break up the fight Tuesday evening.
The lockdown affects four units at the Walla Walla prison.
Spokeswoman Shari Hall says an initial fight between two inmates broke out in a commons area of one of the prison’s close-custody living units. She says guards resolved that fight but a second fight involving multiple inmates broke out within minutes.
Several prisoners reportedly were injured but none required transport to a hospital. Hall says no significant staff injuries were reported.
