Guard injured in prison brawl

SEMARANG: A guard was injured while trying to break up a brawl among inmates at Kedungpane-Mijen Correctional Facility on Monday, Antara said.

Chief of the Central Java Justice Office Soeroso said six inmates had been sent to isolation cells as punishment for their part in the brawl.

They may have also forfeited their right to remissions normally given out on Independence Day on Aug. 17, Soeroso said.

The fight was between gangs formed along ethnic lines within the correctional facility, he said.

The warden has since beefed up security to prevent inmates from taking revenge, he added. (emb)