Two inmates were injured after being beaten by cellmates on Aug. 31 at the Rio Arriba County Detention Center, in what at least one jail guard called a riot.
Deputies with the Rio Arriba County Detention Center and New Mexico State Police officers were dispatched to the jail in Tierra Amarilla after a 911 call was received at the Española/Rio Arriba E911 Center at 12:18 a.m. Aug. 31., claiming there was a disturbance at the jail, a possible riot in B pod.
The 911 log said the caller told the dispatcher that some inmates were armed with broom handles and the rest of the jail was on lock-down. Around 12:36 a.m., a second call was placed from someone at the jail who requested an ambulance for two inmates with trauma wounds. By 12:58 a.m., the pod was under control and the injured inmates were taken out. The two appeared to have facial injuries due to blunt force and lacerations, Deputy John Greene is noted as reporting in the 911 log.
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