{"id":21033,"date":"2022-02-01T06:14:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T11:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=21033"},"modified":"2022-02-01T06:14:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T11:14:35","slug":"all-us-federal-prisons-in-lockdown-after-deadly-gang-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/02\/01\/all-us-federal-prisons-in-lockdown-after-deadly-gang-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"All US federal prisons in lockdown after deadly gang fight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All federal prisons in the US have been placed on lockdown after a gang fight left two inmates dead at a facility in Texas.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Two other prisoners were seriously hurt in the violence at the high security Beaumont facility on Monday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The bureau said it was responding with “an abundance of caution”, adding that the lockdown was a temporary measure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is rare for such a measure to apply to the entire federal prison system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Most of America’s prisoners are held in facilities run by the individual state as opposed to the federal government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The BOP has 134 facilities housing more than 150,000 inmates around the US, according to the latest information on its website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When prisons are placed on lockdown, it typically involves inmates being confined to their cells with restrictions placed on visitor access.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a statement, the bureau said that for “safety and security reasons” it would not provide further details on its decision, adding only that it believed the measure would be “short-lived”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The violence at the Beaumont facility in Texas, which has a prison population of 1,372, reportedly involved members of the MS-13 street gang – a brutal group established in Los Angeles which has roots in El Salvador.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The fight raised concerns of retaliatory violence that threatened to spread to other prisons, the Associated Press reports, citing sources briefed on the bureau’s decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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