PECOS, Texas—Inmates started a riot at a privately run prison in West Texas, setting at least one fire.
The Pecos Enterprise is reporting that Reeves County emergency officials were called to the prison, run by the Geo Group for the county Friday afternoon.
Fire crews and additional law enforcement were called to the sprawling prison complex after a fire broke out in one building.
It was unclear Friday afternoon what prompted the riot or if anyone inside the prison had been injured, or how many inmates were involved.
A woman who answered a phone call from The Associated Press at the Reeves County Detention Complex warden's office said she had no comment and hung up.
The Geo Group, based in Boca Raton, Florida, has run the jail through contracts with Reeves County and the Federal Bureau of Prisons since 2003. The prison holds more than 2,400 inmates.
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