Alaska Department of Corrections officials say a disturbance at Seward's Spring Creek Correctional Center began when inmates were ordered to make beds and clean rooms.
Director of institutions Bryan Brandenberg tells the Anchorage Daily News that inmates in the segregation unit were not happy with a directive by acting superintendent Dean Marshall that they would participate in morning inspection.
He compared what happened next to children throwing a tantrum.
About 14 segregation inmates late Monday night yelled, broke porcelain toilets and sinks and flooded cells. The disturbance ended about nine hours later on Tuesday morning.
Brandenberg says just one officer was on duty in the 32-man unit.
He says six prisoners suffered cuts or scrapes. One inmate was pepper-sprayed when he did not cooperate.
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Seward Prison Disturbance Linked to Inspection Order
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