PECOS, Texas, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Rioting inmates were brought under control at a western Texas prison Sunday, authorities said.
April Orsoco of the Reeves County Sheriff's Office said the department was told by prison officials about 4 p.m. that the situation at the Reeves County Detention Center was "under control," CNN reported. As many as 2,000 inmates had been involved in the fighting.
But about 700 prisoners were to spend the night in tents because of the two-day disturbance, the network said.
Three inmates were reported to have been injured Saturday. One building at the corrections facility was heavily damaged.
No explanation was provided for how the riot was brought quelled or what prompted it in the first place.
It was the second riot at the 2,400-bed, low-security detention center, located near Pecos, in less than two months. The facility, run by Geo Group Inc., houses federal prisoners and inmates from other states.
