prison riot
Prisons like Altamira, where 57 inmates just died, are overcrowded, understaffed and controlled by gangs. But thereâs little appetite for reform.
"We know that the institution is going to change for the worse."
The officer was treated with non-life threatening injuries.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The incident is the latest in a series of deadly riots in recent years to rock the countryâs overcrowded prisons.
Several were hospitalized with stab wounds.