I-Team: 'This was beyond a bad situation,' Disturbing prison riot details uncovered
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- The 8 News Now I-Team has uncovered disturbing details about what appears to be a cover-up at Southern Desert Correctional Center.
On December 8, inmates at the medium-security prison caused a riot.
Later that day, the State Department of Corrections issued a press release calling what unfolded a disturbance.
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Paul Lunkwitz is the president of a union that represents correctional officers and described his thoughts on the incident.
"Every officer who saw that was like this is the biggest slap in the face I've ever seen in my life," Lunkwitz said. "This was beyond a bad situation."... Read More