A fight at a high-security federal prison in Beaumont sent three inmates to the hospital, with another treated for minor injuries at the prison.
BEAUMONT, Texas — Three inmates were hospitalized and a fourth treated for minor injuries after a fight involving multiple inmates at the United States Penitentiary Beaumont on Monday evening, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Correctional officers responded to the fight Monday evening at about 8:15 p.m. at the high-security federal facility in Beaumont.
Prison staff isolated and contained the fight, the Bureau of Prisons said. Emergency medical services were requested while life-saving efforts continued, according to the agency.
Three inmates were taken by ambulance to a Southeast Texas hospital. A fourth was medically assessed and treated for minor injuries at the prison, the Bureau of Prisons reported.
The federal agency did not release additional details about the extent of injuries, the cause of the fight or whether any charges would be filed in connection with it.
The U.S. Penitentiary Beaumont is a high security facility and currently houses 1,388 male offenders according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons website.
The penitentiary is located in the Beaumont Federal Correctional Complex along with two other federal facilities including the Federal Correctional Institution Beaumont Low and the Federal Correctional Institution Beaumont Medium.
Together the three facilities house nearly 4,955 federal inmates.
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
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