Three hurt in prison brawl

Three hurt in prison brawl

SEMARANG, Central Java: A fight broke out among convicts at
the Ambarawa penitentiary on Wednesday, leaving three prisoners
with serious injuries.

"The fight erupted after several convicts felt they had been
treated unfairly when a senior prisoner was rationing out food
and soap," Semarang police resort chief Lt. Col. Beno Kilapong
said.

Beno asserted that the incident was not an attempt to break
out of the prison but grew out of an internal issue among the
convicts.

Head of the Central Java justice ministry office Suroso said
there would be an investigation into the matter and that the
three injured convicts were being treated at a local hospital.

No information was available on the injuries sustained by the
three. (har)