Rebelling Inmates Try to Break Windows at Otay Mesa Facility
As many as 65 inmates were involved in a disturbance at an Otay Mesa jail early this morning.
Sheriff's Department Lieutenant Simon Hernandez says inmates at the George Bailey Detention Facility acted out against a disciplinary lockdown.
Hernandez : The inmates began flooding their quads and covering their quad windows, and attempting to break the windows. Basically the inmates were rebelling against staff on some disciplinary measures that were activated during the night.
Those measures included being locked into their housing units, with no access to phones or television.
It took guards three hours to bring the situation under control. No one was injured during the incident.
