**At 12:20 p.m., the fire alarm system activated in the Special Housing Unit. The sprinkler system in a cell had been broken and water was flooding the range. Two inmates were the occupants of the cell with the broken sprinkler. Due to the inmates disruptive behavior, the Warden authorized a calculated use of force to place both inmates into ambulatory restraints. A Use of Force Team was assembled and confrontation avoidance proved successful. Both inmates submitted to restraints and were removed from the cell. Both inmates were placed into ambulatory restraints and housed in the A-range holding cell. Both inmates were medically assessed with no injuries noted.

***At  7:00 p.m., staff were escorting an inmate back to his assigned cell in the Special Housing Unit. As staff attempted to place the inmate into the cell, he resisted staff and refused to enter the cell. Staff maintained physical control of the inmate; however, as he was being placed into the cell the inmate then turned towards staff and kicked a staff member in the right leg. Staff escorted the inmate to the SHU recreation cage without further incident. The FBI was notified and an investigation continues.

****At  8:15 p.m., an inmate approached staff and became verbally argumentative. Staff ordered the inmate to submit to restraints and he refused to comply. As staff attempted to place the inmate on the wall for the application of hand restraints, he physically resisted staff. Due to his disruptive behavior, the inmate was placed on the ground to gain control of his actions. He was escorted to the Lieutenants Office, medically assessed, and admitted into the Special Housing Unit without further incident.

**At 1:10 p.m., an inmate was escorted to the Special Housing Unit to be medically assessed and placed in the SHU for an assault on staff. During the assessment, the inmate was placed on the ground in the recreation cage due to being disruptive and not complying with staff’s orders. The inmate was placed in a holding cell near the SHU Officer’s station in hand and leg restraints. The inmate continued to threaten staff. Notifications were made and approval was granted to assemble a calculated Use of Force team. At approximately 3:19 p.m., confrontation avoidance was initiated and proved successful. The inmate was medically assessed. An investigation continues.

***At 8:37 p.m., SHU staff were escorting an inmate to a cell. Upon opening the cell door, staff attempted to place the inmate into the cell. When he (the inmate) began to resist staff and refused to go into the cell. The inmate stopped walking and forcibly reversed direction, causing his upper body to strike the upper body of escorting staff. The inmate then fell down on the floor and attempted to pull from staff’s grasp, during which time he bumped the right side of his head against the door frame of a cell. Staff maintained control of inmate Pete, stood him up, and escorted him off the range. The inmate was medically assessed and placed into another cell without further incident. The FBI was notified and an investigation continues.

****At 8:45 p.m., Staff ordered an inmate to submit to hand restraints in order to accept a cell mate. The inmate refused to comply and covered his cell window with a towel. The SHU Lieutenant attempted conflict resolution with him. Conflict resolution was unsuccessful, and the inmate refused staff orders and proceeded to destroy the fire suppression system in the cell, causing the cell and range to flood. Notifications were made and authorization granted to assemble a use of force team. Confrontation avoidance was initiated and was successful. The inmate was restrained, removed from the cell and placed into ambulatory restraints in a Range holding cell without further incident. The investigation continues.

At approximately 6:10 a.m., a unit Officer activated his body alarm upon observing two inmates assaulting another inmate.  Specifically, inmates two  inmates struck the one in the head and upper body with their fists.  Both inmates then began kicking the inmate to the head and upper body.  Staff ordered both inmates to stop their assault and they refused to comply.  Upon the arrival of responding staff, the inmates  stopped their assault on the inmate and submitted to restraints.  The inmates were medically assessed and admitted into the Special Housing Unit without further incident.  The FBI was notified and an investigation continues.

At approximately 12:53 p m., staff called for assistance from the Special Housing Unit due to two inmates claiming they were going to commit suicide.  The inmates had the cell window covered and sheets hanging in the cell, blocking staff from observing their actions.  Staff used an immediate Use of Force to prevent the inmates from causing injury to themselves.  Staff entered the cell and restrained both inmates.  As one of the inmates were being escorted off the range, he attempted to spit on staff and was placed on the floor in order to gain control of his actions.  Both inmates and staff members were medically assessed.  Both inmates were interviewed by Psychology and placed into a holding cell without further incident. The FBI was notified and an investigation continues. 

At approximately 5:45 p.m., a unit Officer observed injuries on an inmate consistent with being involved in a physical altercation.  The Operation=s Lieutenant was notified and the unit was secured.  Upon review of the CCTV, it revealed the inmate had been assaulted by an inmate striking him three times in the head and upper body with his right fist.  The inmate also kicked the one inmate twice in the face as he  laid  on the floor outside of a cell.   Both inmates were restrained and escorted out of the unit.  Both inmates were medically assessed and admitted into the Special Housing Unit without further incident.  The FBI was notified and an investigation continues.

At approximately 12:00 p. m., a staff member observed an inmate  exit a unit with injuries on his face and immediately called for assistance.  The unit was secured and a review of the CCTV was conducted.  Three inmates were identified as being involved in the assault on the inmate. A lock attached to a belt was identified as being used as a weapon during the assault.  It was recovered and preserved as evidence.  The four inmates were restrained, medically assessed, and admitted into the Special Housing Unit without further incident.  The FBI was notified and an investigation continues.

At approximately 11:30 a.m., staff ordered an inmate to submit to hand restraints in order to receive a cell mate and he refused to comply.  Authorization was granted to assemble a calculated Use of Force team for the application of ambulatory restraints.  Confrontation avoidance was initiated and was successful.  The inmate was restrained and moved to a holding cell.

**At 11:40 a.m., as SHU staff retrieved food trays from an inmate threw a food tray containing a liquid substance at staff.  The contents of the food tray struck staff in the chest, legs, and arms.  Staff immediately secured the tray slot and at this time, the inmate then threw a second tray striking the cell door.  Confrontation avoidance was initiated and was successful.  Authorization was granted to assemble a calculated Use of Force team for the application of ambulatory restraints.  The inmate was placed into ambulatory restraints and medically assessed without further incident.  Notifications were made.

At approximately 6:08 p.m., a unit officer called for assistance upon observing two inmates fighting in the common area.  Specifically, each inmate were striking one another in the face and upper body with their fists.  Responding staff ordered both inmates to lay on the floor and they complied.  Both inmates were restrained, medically assessed, and placed in the Special Housing Unit without further incident.  An investigation continues.

At approximately 6:39 p.m., as SHU staff attempted to place an inmate into a cell, he resisted staff and slipped his restraints to the front.  Staff radioed for assistance and immediately placed the inmate against the wall to gain control. Staff ordered the inmate to cease his actions, he refused,   continued to resist, and tried to break free from staff.  Due to his disruptive behavior, staff placed the inmate on the ground to gain control.  The inmate was restrained, medically assessed, and placed into an observation cell without further incident.  An investigation continues.

At approximately 9:47 a.m., SHU staff radioed for assistance upon observing an inmate assault another inmate in a cell.  Specifically, as staff placed the one inmate back into the cell and removed his restraints, he began striking the other inmate in the head and face with his fists.  The inmate being assaulted was still restrained.  Upon the arrival of sufficient staff, the cell door was opened and staff separated both inmates.  Both inmates were medically assessed and placed into different cells.  The FBI was notified and an investigation continues.

At approximately 7:12 a.m., a unit officer activated the assigned body alarm after observing two inmates wrestling on the floor, and each inmate striking each other with their fists.  Responding staff separated the inmates, applied hand restraints, and escorted both to the SHU to be medically assessed.  The CCTV was reviewed and revealed a third inmate involved.  Another inmate departed a cell and he was observed using his right fist to strike one inmate in the head three times.   The three inmates were placed into the SHU without further incident.  The FBI was notified and the investigation continues.

A rival of gang members were involved in an incident on the Compound at about 6:50 pm which resulted in one staff member being injured and three inmates having to be taken out to local Hospitals for injuries they received during the altercation. The Inmates involved had been previously released from the Institutions Special Housing Unit at approximately 2:30 pm that same day. The Administration, ignoring information received from staff and inmates from previous meetings, intelligence gathering and two prior fights between these same rival gangs still decided that they would try to reintegrate these rival gang members into the general inmate population. The institution was  placed on lockdown.

At approximately 9:30 p.m., an housing unit Officer observed two inmates involved in a physical altercation at a cell, and activated his body alarm.  Specifically, both inmates were striking one another with their fists to the head and body.  Staff ordered both inmates to cease their actions and they complied.  Both inmates were restrained, medically assessed, and admitted into the Special Housing Unit without further incident

At approximately 7:00 a.m., an inmate exited a Unit during the breakfast meal and reported to staff he had been assaulted.  Staff immediately secured the Unit.  Upon reviewing recorded video surveillance, staff identified an inmate as being the assailant.  The inmate entered the Unit at 6:42 a.m., and began striking an inmate with his closed fists to the head and face area. The assault lasted approximately 20 seconds. Both inmates were medically assessed and admitted into the Special Housing Unit without further incident.  The FBI was notified and an investigation continues.

**At 6:23 p.m., while staff conducted rounds on a range in the Special Housing Unit, they observed an inmate striking another inmate with his fists to the head and facial area, in a cell.  Staff radioed for assistance and ordered the inmate to cease his actions, in which he complied.  Staff ordered both inmates to submit to restraints and they complied.  Both inmates were removed from the cell, medically assessed, and placed into different cells without further incident.  The FBI was notified and an investigation continues.

At approximately 12:48 p.m., staff called a fight in the Special Housing Unit. Staff were on the range retrieving food trays when they observed Inmate two inmates striking each other with their fists, to each others head and upper body areas.  Staff gave both inmates orders to stop and lay on the floor of the cell.  Neither inmate complied.  The operations lieutenant ordered the door opened and both inmates were separated and secured with hand restraints. Both inmates were medically assessed, and placed into different cells in the SHU without further incident.  An investigation continues.

At approximately 12:25 p.m., an inmate was being interviewed by the FBI and AUSA in the R&D conference room. During the interview, the inmate attempted to get up out of the chair and leave the conference room.  Staff instructed him to remain seated.  The inmate began twisting his body and attempted to stand up. Staff ordered him again to cease his actions and remain seated.  The inmate continued to be disruptive by attempting to leave the interview.  Staff placed the inmate on the floor to regain control of him.

At approximately 7:12 p.m., the control center announced a fight on the recreation yard.  Tower officer activated the Bi-Lingual electronic annunciator for all inmates to get on the ground.  Responding staff observed two inmates hitting each other with their fists to the upper torso and head areas.  Also observed were inmates four other inmate hitting each other with fists to the torso and upper body areas.  Two Tower Officers fired a total of six(6) ALS Bore Thunder rounds in an attempt to stop the inmates actions.  The inmates continued to fight. A Tower officer then fired three (3) 12-gauge shotgun rounds in an attempt to get the inmates to stop fighting.  The inmates continued to fight and responding staff immediately placed all the inmates on the ground to stop them from fighting and gain control of the situation.  The inmates were restrained, medically assessed and escorted to the Special Housing Unit without further incident.  The investigation continues.

At approximately 3:08 p.m., staff radioed for assistance upon observing three inmate in the Facilities holding cell striking each other with closed fists to the head and upper torso areas.  Staff ordered the inmates to cease their actions and they refused to comply.  Upon the arrival of responding staff, the inmates were physically separated, restrained, medically assessed, and admitted into the Special Housing Unit. An investigation continues.

At approximately 3:10 p.m., as staff were escorted an inmate suspected of being under the influence of intoxicants to the Special Housing Unit, he became belligerent and attempted to pull away from staff. Staff gave the inmate a direct order to cease his actions and he refused to comply. He then continued to aggressively pull away from escorting staff. As a result of his the inmates actions he was placed on the ground to gain control of his disruptive behavior and leg restraints were applied. The inmate was medically assessed and placed in Administrative Detention.  An investigation continues.

At approximately 12:42 p.m., staff were picking up trays in the Special housing Unit when an inmate threw a brown liquid substance from the food slot, striking staff in the chest and facial area. Staff immediately secured the food slot and observed the inmate turn toward another inmate and begin striking him with closed fists.  Staff called for assistance and ordered the inmate to stop his assault.  Upon the arrival of sufficient staff, the Operations Lieutenant ordered the door open and staff entered the cell.  Both inmates were placed in hand restraints and escorted out of the cell. As staff were escorting the one inmate off the range he turned his head and spit at staff. He was placed on the ground to control his disruptive behavior. Leg irons were applied and inmate  was escorted to the Special Housing recreation yard.  A staff member began talking to the inmate in an effort to calm him down and at that time, he spit on the staff member striking her on the left shoulder.

**At 8:36 p.m., staff radioed for assistance upon observing an inmate assaulting, striking another inmate in the back of the head with his fists in a cell.  One inmate was also observed inside the cell with blood on the left side of his head.  Staff ordered the inmates to cease their actions and they complied.  Upon the arrival of responding staff, the inmates were restrained, medically assessed, and admitted into the Special Housing Unit.  The FBI was notified and an investigation continues.

***At 5:37, p.m., two inmates approached an inmate  from behind as he was walking from a building towards the metal detector building.  One inmate approached another and struck him on the right side of his face with his right hand.  The first inmate then chased the other and made a slashing motion with his right hand at the inmate. Staff radioed for assistance as the Tower officer fired one ALS Bore Thunder round in order for the inmates to cease their actions.  Responding staff restrained each inmate without further incident.  One inmate was escorted to medical and transported to outside hospital due to the injuries he sustained. Each inmate were medically assessed and escorted to the Special Housing Unit.  The FBI was notified and an investigation continues.

At approximately 2:15 p.m., Food Service radioed for assistance upon observing two inmates involved in a physical altercation in the kitchen area of Food Service.  Both inmates were aggressively grabbing one another around the head and body.  Staff ordered both inmates to cease their actions and they refused to comply.  Upon the arrival of responding staff, both inmates were separated and restrained without further incident.  Both inmates were medically assessed and admitted into the Special Housing Unit without further incident.  An investigation continues.

At approximately 9:10 a.m., an inmate was escorted from a housing Unit to the Special Housing Unit after staff observed him apparently under the influence of intoxicants.  As staff escorted the inmate to the Special Housing Unit, he became belligerent and threatened staff.  As staff attempted to photograph him, due to pre-existing injuries, he attempted to grab the camera and spat towards staff.  The inamte was placed on the ground to gain control and restraints were applied.  The FBI was notified and the investigation continues.

At approximately 7:25 p.m., an inmate was instructed to submit to a visual search in the Lieutenant=s Office.  The inmate removed his clothing and when staff ordered him to open his mouth, so it could be searched, he refused and then became argumentative with staff and reached for his clothing.  Staff again ordered the inmate  to submit to a visual search and he attempted to put his clothing back on.  At this time, staff attempted to gain control of the inmate when the inmate turned away from staff and attempted to strike staff with his left elbow.  The inmate was placed on the wall and staff radioed for assistance.  Upon the arrival of responding staff, the inmate was restrained, medically assessed, and admitted into the Special Housing Unit without further incident.  The FBI was notified and an investigation continues.

At approximately 9:45 a.m., Food Service staff radioed for assistance upon observing two inmates striking one another in the head with their fists. Staff ordered both inmates to cease their disruptive behavior, in which they complied. Responding staff separated and  restrained both inmates.  Both inmates were medically assessed and admitted into the Special Housing Unit without further incident.  An investigation continues.

At approximately 3:30 p.m., the a Unit Officer observed an inmate  walking into the unit and he appeared to be intoxicated.  Staff ordered the inmate to submit to hand restraints, and he refused to comply.  As staff attempted to place hand restraints on the inmate he jerked away from staff.  Staff used an immediate use of force, placing the inmate on the ground to gain control of his disruptive behavior.  The inmate  was restrained and escorted to the Lieutenant=s Office for a breathalyzer test.  The inmate was ordered to submit to a breathalyzer test, and refused to comply.  The inmate  was medically assessed and admitted into the Special Housing Unit.

At approximately 11:14 a.m., Special Housing Unit staff were feeding the noon meal.  Staff opened the tray slot on a cell, which was assigned to an inmate, to serve food trays.  When the inmate received his second food tray, he threw a brown liquid substance from the food slot, striking staff in the chest and facial area. Staff immediately secured the food slot without further incident.  Notifications were made and approval was granted to assemble a Use of Force team.  Confrontation avoidance was initiated and proved successful.  The inmate complied with staff orders to submit to restraints.  

**At 5:42 p.m., staff called for assistance upon observing a physical altercation on the recreation yard. Specifically, Recreation staff observed two inmates striking each other in the face and upper torso with fist.  Staff gave an order to cease the actions, in which they refused to comply and continued to fight.  The Tower Officer activated the automated voice annunciator ordering the inmates to get down on the ground, in which they refused to comply.  Perceiving a threat to the safety responding staff, the Tower Officer fired two ALS hard bang rounds and one Fin Stabilizer round.  Both imates were placed on the ground and restrained by responding staff.  Both inmates were medically assessed and admitted into the Special Housing Unit without further incident.  The FBI was notified and an investigation continues.

At approximately 12:30 p.m., twenty six (26) members, associates, and suspects, refused to return their food trays from the noon meal.  All of them also, covered their cell window obstructing the view inside,  not allowing staff to observe the well being of inmates in the cells, as well as placing barricades in front of the cell door. Authorization was granted by the Warden to use less lethal and chemical munitions along with the  ambulatory restraints and or hard four point restraints. Confrontational avoidance proved unsuccessful on all 26 inmates.  All inmates involved refused to remove the window covering=s, barricade=s and return their food tray=s and submit to hand restraints. A calculated use of force began on January 5, 2009 at 2:15 p.m. and ended on January 6, 2009 at 4:13 a.m., which resulted in several inmates being placed into ambulatory restraints. All inmates involved were medically assessed, decontaminated by Health Services staff and placed back into separate cells without further incident. Incident reports were written, an the investigation continues.