Northpoint Training Center

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2009 Riot
On the evening of August 21, 2009, 60 to 80 inmates were involved in a riot at the facility. Five buildings were set on fire, including the kitchen, medical, visiting, canteen, and a multi-purpose building. By 10:30pm that night, the prison's Corrections Emergency Response Team had subdued the Inmates. Some inmates sustained minor injuries.Damage to the facility was so extensive that some of the 1,200 inmates at the prison were transported to other prisons.The prison had been on lockdown since August 18, when a black inmate and a white inmate were assaulted by 10-15 Hispanic inmates.
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