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Oklahoma inmates remain hospitalized after prison fights

By Associated Press
Published: 11/23/2009 2:59 PM
Last Modified: 11/23/2009 2:59 PM

OKLAHOMA CITY — Four Oklahoma prison inmates remain hospitalized with stab wounds after a series of fights broke out at three separate prisons.

Department of Corrections spokesman Jerry Massie says all four inmates from the Oklahoma State Reformatory in Granite were in stable condition Monday.

Meanwhile, Massie says medium-security prisons across the state remain on lockdown status, which limits inmate movement inside the facilities.

A total of six inmates were transported to hospitals after fights erupted Saturday at the Granite prison, the Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy and the Cimarron Correctional Facility in Cushing.

Massie says the fights were between American Indian and Hispanic inmates and authorities believe the attacks were coordinated.

By Associated Press

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	Report Comment oldrustytulsa, Tulsa (11/23/2009 3:27:19 PM) Oh, and Yes We tax payers get to pay the hospital bill.Let them bleed, I always say.
	Report Comment skippy1, Tulsa (11/23/2009 4:06:26 PM) Some guy might be in prison for writing bad checks or a DUI, but you think we should just "let them bleed", You're quite the piece of work rusty...
	Report Comment Mr Ecktion, secret (11/23/2009 4:17:28 PM) He's a harmless forum troll. Just ignore him. Works for me, anyway. =D
	Report Comment FRODO LIVES, Golden, MO (11/23/2009 4:34:59 PM) Hey Skip, don't do the crime if you can't do the time which includes all of the fun activities. Such as gang fighting, new love life etc....
	Report Comment WhoseLeft, Tulsa (11/23/2009 4:37:41 PM) Seems to me that the troubling part of this report is that the attacks were coordinated.
	Report Comment skippy1, Tulsa (11/23/2009 4:52:02 PM) If these morons would spend as much time on their education while in prison they might actually have a chance at a better life once released. Someone fairly close to me is in prison for multiple DUIs and drug posession, I would hate to think he could be murdered for a substance abuse problem...
	Report Comment Elusive, Owasso (11/23/2009 7:33:01 PM) How do they manage to cooridinate these fights between prisons?
	Report Comment Thunder196, Tulsa (11/23/2009 7:36:08 PM) I watched a documentary on this very thing about a year ago. They seem to have a grape vine you wouldn't believe.
	Report Comment FUTURE WORLD, Tulsa (11/23/2009 7:39:38 PM) They also use cell phones to communicate.
	Report Comment Elusive, Owasso (11/23/2009 7:41:10 PM) They must have to plan far in advance.
	Report Comment okie ridgerunner, Small Country Town State Line (11/23/2009 8:13:34 PM) They have plenty of time to plan.and they know all the ways to spread the word.people are being moved around all the time. and then there are vistors.
	Report Comment Elusive, Owasso (11/23/2009 8:14:59 PM) It sounds gang related.
	Report Comment FUTURE WORLD, Tulsa (11/24/2009 12:35:58 AM) All these conflicts are gang related. The IBH=Indian Brotherhood is led by one person. The Mexican gangs are divided inito clicks or sets.
	Report Comment Elusive, Owasso (11/24/2009 1:46:11 AM) Anything to get out of prison.
	Report Comment copperhead, (11/24/2009 3:09:43 AM) How do they manage to coordinate these fights between prisons? . Smoke signals, maybe? . Visitors with cellphones hidden in their rectums? . On vibrate - La cucaracha ring tone dead giveaway! . Emphasis on Hands-free!

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