"A riot that started Saturday afternoon at the Reeves County Detention Center carried over into Sunday morning, but appeared to be calming down by Sunday afternoon.The riot started around 4p.m. on Saturday afternoon. A NewsWest9 news crew on the scene Saturday night reported seeing smoke from one of the RCDC units, but it is unknown if the inmates had started a fire or how much damage was done. There is still no word as to what caused the inmates to riot, but family members of inmates at the facility tell NewsWest9 the riot was over [healthcare] at the prison.
This is the second riot at the Reeves County Detention Center in the past few months. In December prisoners rioted and set a recreational building on fire. They also took two workers hostage. That riot lasted for hours and the workers were released unharmed. The Reeves County Detention Center is run by the Geo Group and houses federal inmates who are being held on immigration charges."
ORIGINAL SOURCE: KWES NewsWest 9
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