Prisoners in Texas were fed up with the medical care they had been receiving and decided to have their own protest, by taking over the prison.
The Daily Mail reports:
Thousands of federal prisoners will have to be moved to other penitentiaries after 2,000 inmates armed with pipes set fire to part of a South Texas prison after seizing control of the area.
The uprising began on Friday when prisoners at the Willacy County Correctional Center refused to perform their work duties in protest of the current state of their medical services.
The conflict erupted around noon when prisoners stormed the recreation yard and set fire to three of the prison’s ten housing facilities.
Negotiations were still occurring Saturday and the staff have not yet regained complete control of the prison, according to FBI Spokesman Erik Vasys.
Can you really be mad that the prisoners want better medical care?