An Alabama prison was on lockdown on Saturday after a riot in which the warden and a guard were stabbed, the state Corrections Department said. About 100 inmates at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, about 50 miles (80 km) north of Mobile, were involved in the disturbance, which started late on Friday, the department said in a statement. The trouble began with a fight between inmates in a dormitory. The guard was stabbed when he tried to detain one of the inmates, it said.
Warden Carter Davenport was also stabbed when he and other officers entered the dorm. Injuries to Davenport and the guard were not life-threatening. Inmates then set a fire in a hallway outside the housing unit. Three Correctional Department emergency response teams were deployed to restore order.