Mattresses are soaked with blood. Entire dormitories are blackened by fire. Facilities are destroyed and abandoned medical supplies are littered about.
These are the scenes of devastation after a riot at a Southern California prison over the weekend that shut down part of the institution and injured about 175 inmates, some critically.
The images chart the mayhem and violence at the California Institution for Men in Chino.
Dozens of burned-out bunks are seen in a dormitory gutted by fire during a tour of the California Institution for Men in Chino, California, yesterday
A bloodstained mattress is seen in a dormitory during the tour
Prison officials staged a tour of the devastation to reveal the extent of the racially motivated riot that broke out Saturday evening and raged for four hours before guards could bring it under control.
Seven of the eight units in the prison's Reception Center West, one of several housing areas, were left uninhabitable, and more than 1,100 inmates have been moved to other facilities. One of the dorms was completely gutted by flames.
Eleven inmates remained hospitalised yesterday, state prisons spokesman Terry Thornton said.
Pictured: The bloody, burnt-out devastation after race riot at California prison | Mail Online
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