PRISON OFFICIALS WANT 7 CHARGED IN ATTACK

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 17, 1993                   TAG: 9302170282
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: STATE 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: OAKWOOD                                LENGTH: Short
PRISON OFFICIALS WANT 7 CHARGED IN ATTACK
Prison officials said Tuesday they plan to file charges against seven inmates they say attacked guards and raided the commissary during a disturbance at the Keen Mountain Correctional Center.
Operations officer Sam Traverse said corrections officials plan to file institutional and criminal charges against the inmates after they finish interviewing witnesses and identify all prisoners involved in the attack.
The seven inmates have been transferred to Mecklenburg Correctional Center.
About 300 of the 750 inmates at the prison refused to return to their cells last Wednesday after guards began strictly enforcing a policy limiting the number of inmates allowed in specific areas.
Inmates attacked seven corrections officers during the disturbance. - Associated Press

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB