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The
"inmate-on-inmate altercation" at the Cimarron Correctional
Facility lasted less than two minutes on Saturday afternoon,
according to the Corrections Corporation of America, which owns
and operates the prison in northern Oklahoma.
Three inmates appear to have been stabbed to death on Saturday
and a fourth later died at a medical facility from his injuries,
state Department of Corrections spokesman Alex Gerszewski said
on Sunday.
One more injured inmate was treated and released from a
hospital, he said.
Prison staff spent about a half hour securing the housing area
where the fight took place, the company said in a statement. No
staff members were injured, it said.
The facility remained on lockdown on Sunday, with inmates
confined to their housing areas, CCA said.
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is investigating the
incident at the 1,720-bed medium- and maximum-security facility
for men in Cushing, Oklahoma, about 60 miles (97 km) northeast
of Oklahoma City.
(Reporting by Letitia Stein in Tampa, Florida; Editing by Fiona
Ortiz and Paul Simao)
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