Fight in Arizona prison results in complex lock-down

An Arizona prison complex remains locked down Monday morning, after a fight early Sunday involving about 400 inmates. Corrections officials say they stopped the fighting fairly quickly but that a couple staffers and 17 inmates were injured. The injuries to staff members were minor. It's not known how severely the inmates were hurt. The fight took place in the Whetstone Unit at the State Prison Complex in Tucson. Nearly 1,250 prisoners are housed in the unit, which is one of eight at the prison complex.

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