Inmate injured in fight at Utah State Prison

By Pat Reavy, Deseret News

Published: Sunday, Sept. 23 2012 10:55 a.m. MDT

Summary

An inmate suffered minor injuries in a fight in the general population area of the Utah State Prison on Saturday.

UTAH STATE PRISON — An inmate suffered minor injuries in a fight in the general population area of the Utah State Prison on Saturday.

The fight started about 5 p.m. An inmate in his mid-30s was transported to a local hospital as a precaution to be checked for head injuries, said Department of Corrections spokesman Steve Gehrke. He was later returned to the prison.

The units adjacent to where the fight broke out were placed on lock-down status Saturday night, but not the entire prison, he said.

A motive for the fight was still being investigated. The name of the injured inmate was not immediately released.

Additional details will be posted as they become available.

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Pat Reavy

Pat is a veteran police and courts reporter for the Deseret News and KSL and has covered some of the biggest stories in Utah for the past two decades. He is a graduate of Michigan State University with a BA in journalism.

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