Prison guards in Florida have seized weapons and cellphones as a statewide lockdown continues, according to reports.
Earlier this week, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) announced that all 148 prison facilities would be placed on lockdown. That includes the cells of all of Florida’s 97,000 state prison inmates, who will remain confined to their dorms until the weekend is over.
The lockdown was initiated due to a possible uprising among prisoners, FDC officials said on Thursday, reported the Orlando Sentinel.
Meanwhile, according to the Tampa Bay Times, every able bodied administrator, and officer in the state were ordered to report to the “state’s dangerously understaffed institutions.”
Prison guards in Florida have seized weapons and cellphones as a statewide lockdown continues, according to reports. FDC
