
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — A sheriff in southern Kansas says calm has been restored after dozens of inmates created a disturbance that included overturning tables and breaking security cameras.
Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet says the incident began after lunch Sunday when 57 inmates complained about the food and refused to return to their cells.
Herzet says the inmates overturned tables, broke security cameras, televisions and sprinklers, and barricaded a door.
The sheriff says officials, including a SWAT team, were able to make entry. He said Sunday evening that the situation was under control and no one was injured.
Herzet says an investigation is ongoing and charges will be filed against the inmates who destroyed property.
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EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — A sheriff in southern Kansas says several inmates created a disturbance that included overturning tables and breaking security cameras.
Butler County Sheriff Kelly Herzet says the disturbance began after lunch Sunday when more than 30 inmates complained about the food and refused to return to their cells.
Herzet told KWCH that the inmates overturned tables, broke security cameras and televisions and flooded the pod. He says most police agencies from the county and the local fire department responded to the jail.
There were no reports of injuries.
Herzet says the situation was under control by Sunday evening, and the inmates had returned to their cells.