More than 100 inmates staged a protest at a Washington state prison after several fellow inmates tested positive for the coronavirus in recent days.
A man does maintenance work at the Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe, Wash., in a 2016 photo. At least six inmates in a minimum-security unit of the prison have tested positive for the coronavirus.A man does maintenance work at the Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe, Wash., in a 2016 photo. At least six inmates in a minimum-security unit of the prison have tested positive for the coronavirus.
"All measures to bring individuals into compliance were ignored including verbal directives, pepper spray and sting balls, which release light, noise, and rubber pellets," the statement said.
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