San Juan County Adult Detention Center, Farmington, New Mexico
December 28, 2014
Multiple prisoners attacked guards at about 2:30 a.m. on Dec. 28 after the guards responded to reports of a fight in pod B8. Additional prisoners refused orders to disperse, causing the guards to retreat. Following a brief negotiation, the prisoners complied with orders to return to their cells.
Citations:
“Four inmates charged in jailhouse riot,” Albuquerque Journal, January 5, 2015.
“Before riot, inmates were drinking liquor, snorting meds“, Albuquerque Journal, January 9, 2015.
