INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR CLUES THIS MORNING AS TO WHAT CAUSED A VIOLENT RIOT AT SOLEDAD STATE PRISON EARLIER THIS WEEK.
EIGHT INMATES ARE HOSPITALIZED FOR THEIR INJURIES… WHEN ABOUT 200 PRISONERS STARTED RIOTING IN THE RECREATION YARD. IT TOOK JUST OVER 10-MINUTES FOR PRISON GUARDS TO GET THE RIOT SOMEWHAT UNDER CONTROL BY FIRING WARNING SHOTS AND DEMANDING PRISONERS LIE ON THE GROUND.
50 PRISONERS WERE TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES AND NONE OF THE STAFF WAS INJURED. INVESTIGATORS HAVE RECOVERED FOUR PRISON MANUFACTURED WEAPONS. THE CALIFORNIA TRAINING FACILITY AT SOLEDAD HOUSES 5-THOUSAND 4-HUNDRED PRISONERS AND OPENED IN 1946.
