400 Inmates Fight: Prison Watchdog Groups Speak Out

A fight involving 400 inmates at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Tuscon on Sunday night left 17 prisoners and two staff members injured. Prisoners’ rights advocates spoke out against some conditions in Arizona prisons before the incident.
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400 Inmates Fight: Prison Watchdog Groups Speak Out
A file photo of a correctional facility in Phoenix, Arizona in 1999. A fight took place involving 400 inmates in a minimum security unit at an Arizona prison in Tuscon on Sunday. (Mike Fiala/AFP/Getty Images)
Tara MacIsaac
3/4/2013
Updated:
10/1/2015

A fight involving 400 inmates at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Tuscon on Sunday night left 17 prisoners and two staff members injured. Prisoners’ rights advocates spoke out against some conditions in Arizona prisons before the incident, but the reasons behind the brawl are still unclear. 

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