JAIL FIGHT UPDATE TM

31 INMATES WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JAIL, FROM THE MINIMUM SECURITY FACILITY LAST NIGHT AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A BRAWL. THAT AFTER A FIGHT BROKE OUT INSIDE THE CAFETERIA AT THE ROUNTREE FACILITY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SHERIFF?S DEPUTIES SAID THE FIGHT WAS GANG-RELATED, AND INVOLVED ABOUT 50 INMATES. SEVERAL PRISONERS SUFFERED MINOR SCRATCHES IN THE BRAWL, WHICH WAS BROKEN UP BY JAIL STAFF (AND SHERIFF?S DEPUTIES). JAIL OFFICIALS IDENTIFIED 31 INMATES AS BEING DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE BATTLE. THOSE INMATES WERE CHARGED WITH VIOLATING JAIL POLICIES, AND WERE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM THE MINIMUM SECURITY FACILITY IN WATSONVILLE.