Ja: Prison riot

Look at what they did to quell the riot. Where's the media?!?!

Fifteen prisoners who were part of an eight-hour riot that left a similar number of cops injured at the Montego Bay Police Station were yesterday moved to the Horizon Remand Centre in Kingston, where the authorities say they will be under greater security.

Two other prisoners were also in hospital under police guard as a result of the Sunday night uproar at the St James Divisional Police Headquarters' lock-up at Freeport. The police were only able to quell the disturbance with the use of tear gas and the fire brigade's powerful water hoses, as well as help from the Special Anti-Crime Task Force, led by Senior Superintendent Donald Pusey.

The fighting for the cell block began from about 7:30 pm Sunday night and lasted until about 3:30 am yesterday, the police said.

None of the injuries appeared to have been life-threatening.

"The situation is back to normal, the station is calm," said Assistant Commissioner of Police for the Area One Division Linton Latty. Fifteen pieces of iron, eight knives, two cell phones and a cell phone battery were seized during a search after security forces took back the lock-up.

Yesterday, the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN), which described the incident as "an attempted jailbreak", linked the riot to "increased police action against alleged drug dons in the parish". The CCN did not explain the links and other police sources could not immediately clarify the statement.