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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, April 12, 1993                   TAG: 9304120088
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: LUCASVILLE, OHIO                                LENGTH: Short

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INMATES HURT GUARDS, TAKE HOSTAGES

Inmates rioted Sunday at a maximum security prison in south-central Ohio, injuring at least seven guards and taking others hostage, authorities said.

It wasn't immediately known how many guards were being held or how many prisoners were involved in the disturbance at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, said Sharron Kornegay, spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.

Scioto County Sheriff's Senior Dispatcher Phil Malone described the disturbance as a "full-scale riot" at the prison, which houses some of the state's most dangerous inmates.

The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction issued a statement that said "a group of inmates started a fight and a group of correctional officers responded."

The injured guards were taken to the Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth, about 10 miles to the south. Hospital spokeswoman Tessa Urwin said six of the officers were treated and released, and the seventh was being treated for a broken arm. She gave no details on the other injuries.

The inmates, who were talking with negotiators, asked to appear on a live broadcast on Columbus television station WBNS, said Sgt. David Thompson of the State Highway Patrol.

They said if they could do the broadcast, they might free the hostages, he said.

- Associated Press

Keywords:
FATALITY

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