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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Inexperienced guards and too much idle time for prisoners from Arizona contributed to a prison riot last month, a report issued Thursday by the state Department of Correction said. But the responsibility ultimately lies with inmates, investigators found.
There is "no credible evidence to suggest that staff action in any way caused the disturbance," at the privately run prison, the report said.
About 500 prisoners burned mattresses and broke windows at the New Castle Correctional Facility on April 24 in a two-hour disturbance. Eight prisoners and two staff members were injured, none seriously.
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