Delaware prison hostage situation linked to Trump
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Delaware prison hostage situation linked to Trump
Authorities negotiated into the evening for the release of the last two of four corrections department workers taken hostage by inmates at a Delaware prison.
Inmates at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Del., told a local newspaper that concerns about their treatment and the leadership of the United States had prompted their actions Wednesday.
The hostage situation drew dozens of officers and law enforcement vehicles and prompted a statewide lockdown of all prisons. One hostage was released Wednesday afternoon and another was released hours later.
A preliminary investigation suggests the disturbance began about 10:30 a.m. when a correctional officer inside Building C, which houses more than 100 inmates, radioed for immediate assistance, Delaware State Police spokesman Sgt. Richard Bratz said. Other officers responded to help, and the employees were taken hostage, he said.
Bratz initially said five employees were taken hostage, but authorities at a later news conference said the number had been revised to four after one person thought to be among the hostages was found in another part of the prison.
Additionally, 46 inmates have been released from the building since the hostage situation began including 14 inmates who were released early Thursday, according to a news release from the Delaware Department of Correction.
Robert Coupe, secretary of the Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security, said earlier 27 inmates had left the building over the course of the evening.
Authorities don't know "the dynamics of the takeover" or whether those inmates had been held against their will, Coupe said.
One of the freed employees was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, authorities said. The condition of the second wasn't immediately available.
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