At approximately 12:30p.m., an assault was called on the radio in the UNICOR factory. The Lieutenant requested crime scene staff from SIS and medical ASAP. It was an inmate on inmate fight. One inmate struck another inmate with a hammer to the head area. There was no staff injuries reported.  One inmate was sent to the hospital and the other inmate was sent to SHU.

While serving the noon meal in the Special Housing Unit, an officer entered a closed front cell to hand the inmate his food tray.  As the Officer handed the inmate his tray the inmate threw feces and urine in the staff members face.  The staff member was medically assessed for injuries and allowed to change clothes.  The inmate continues to threaten staff by throwing feces or urine if SHU staff enters his closed front cell.

Two inmates were involved in a fight in UNICOR at the USP.  The assault victim was treated at the institution hospital for lacerations to his face and head. 

At 12:00 pm, the institution had a power outage. The Institution recall was announced. One housing unit refused to lock down. Less than lethal munitions were on stand-by.  The inmates were eventually locked-down. One housing unit remained in lock-down status. There were no staff injuries reported.

At 10:41 a.m., a call for assistance was announced in the housing unit. There was an one on one inmate fight with a weapon involved. One inmate was stabbed several times and was taken to an outside hospital with life threatening injuries. There was no staff injures reported.

Staff working in the Special Housing unit was moving an inmate from a cell to another for a 21 day move.  The inmate being moved was restrained behind his back with hand restraints.  The inmate in the other cell had restraints applied behind his back to allow the moving inmate to be placed in the cell.  The inmate that occupied this cell was uncuffed first.  When this occurred the inmate immediately began punching the inmate that was moving into the cell.  Staff entered the cell and restrained the inmate placing him back in handcuffs.  Both inmates examined by medical staff with minor injuries. There was no staff injuries reported.

Multiple inmates were involved in an assault on other inmates in a housing unit at the USP.  The assault victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment of multiple lacerations to his head.  The USP was placed on lockdown.  The lockdown was lifted on December 4, 2009.

At 3:16 p.m., staff called for assistance in J-unit after observing two inmates assault another inmate with closed fist punches in J-1 unit counselor office. Responding staff separated the inmate and one inmate was observed with several puncture wounds and was air lifted to ORMC, he is currently on life support.

**At 3:29 p.m., control announced a body alarm in K Unit. Staff observed two inmates squaring off with weapons in hand in combative stand. Responding staff came and operations Lieutenant sprayed the unit with OC spray to maintain control of the unit. When the spray was used all inmates complied with orders. Staff confiscated two homemade weapons from the inmates. One inmate had several seizures and was escorted to the local hospital. USP-1 was locked down on December 3 and resumed normal operations on December 4.

At approximately 9am, staff was called for medical assistance in the UNICOR factory with a bleeding inmate. Once staff was there, it was discovered that it was an inmate on inmate fight with weapons and one inmate was slashed in the arm with a box cutter and sent to an outside hospital for emergency treatment. UNICOR was placed on lock down for the rest of the day and the two other inmates were sent to SHU. There was no staff injures reported.

Between 2:00 and 3:00pm, three officers were beaten down by several inmates. The three officers were pat searching inmates when 2 inmates turned and started assaulting the three officers, while other inmates joined in. The three officers were transported to a local hospital with concussions. One officer was transported to a trauma center in West Virginia looking to have reconstructive surgery on his facial area’s that were broken. Two of the inmates were transported to another facility. U.S.P. Big Sandy is locked down at this time.

At approximately 12:30p.m., 40 to 50 gang related inmates went on the recreation yard.  Several commands were made from the mobiles to get on the ground. The commands failed and a warning shot was fired.  Inmates then complied and got on the ground.  At the time there were several hundred inmates on the recreation yard.  None of the other inmates were involved.  Staff flexed the inmates (those involved or thought to have been) without any further incidents.  Staff escorted some of the inmates to SHU. The institution was placed on lock down status.  There were no reports of any staff being injured.

At approximately 5:19a.m., an inmate became insolent toward the nurse and began calling her names.  The inmate then threw his eye dropper bottle through the food slot, striking the nurse in the right foot.  Neither the nurse nor the inmate were injured.

A cook supervisor was assaulted at the medium institution by an inmate. The Inmate threw a tray at the cook supervisor striking him in the back.

Two officers were assaulted by an inmate during mainline. The officer had given the inmate a direct order to leave the West Corridor area. The inmate refused to leave and began to unbutton his shirt in her presence. The other officer gave the inmate a direct order to submit to a pat search. The inmate refused and hit the officer. The two officers placed the inmate on the floor to restrain the inmate. One officer suffered a possible broken left arm with lacerations to the forehead and bruises. The other officer suffered injuries to both knees and her right wrist.  This inmate has a history of violence and had just arrived to Coleman two days prior to this event.    

A fight occurred in the dining room involving gang related inmates. A less lethal (sting ball grenade) was used to restore order. The institution was placed on lockdown status.  The lockdown was lifted on November 25, 2009. 

On the evening watch shift, an inmate came to the officer's station with a homemade shank.  He told the female officer that if she set off the body alarm, he would cut her.  She was able to tell concerned staff checking on her, what was going on.  The Lt. was eventually able to talk the inmate into giving himself up.  Neither the staff member nor inmate was injured. 

At approximately 7:52pm, control announced a body alarm on a housing unit.  Staff responded and found 7 Inmates assaulting 3 inmates. There were no staff injuries to be reported. Two inmates were taken to the outside hospital and returned to the institution later that night.  Eighteen inmates were placed in SHU pending investigation.  The incident is thought to be Gang related.

At 7:10 a.m., an inmate assaulted a staff member in a housing unit, by throwing an unknown hot liquid (heated in unit microwave) on him.  The staff member suffered burns to his right torso, right arm, and the right side of his neck.  The staff member was treated at a local hospital.  The inmate was transferred to another facility.  The housing unit was locked down, but the rest of the compound remained open. 

Three inmates became disruptive in the corridor, refusing to comply with staff. The housing unit was placed on lockdown status.

A fight broke out in the housing unit. Two inmates with weapons were involved. There were no significant injuries to report.

An officer was stabbed with a plastic shank in SHU (Special Housing Unit). The inmate slipped off his cuffs and once on the range he stabbed the officer in the neck and then twice in the left arm as the officer attempt to block the inmates additional attempts to stab him.  The officer was treated and released. The inmate then turned away and ran back down range before being restrained.

A fight broke out in a cell in SHU involving two inmates. 

At 6:00pm, control announced that a fight was in progress in Inside recreation yard with multiple inmates an weapons involved. Five inmates were assaulting 1 Inmate with a homemade weapon (Shank) while beating him. Responding staff broke up the assault with no injuries to staff. The assaulted inmate was transported to a local hospital by ambulance and the other inmates involved were sent to SHU.

An officer was stabbed with an approximately four foot spear type weapon made out of rolled up newspapers/magazines with a metal spear tip tied in place with dental floss. The inmates tried to stab him twice, got him three or four inches below his groin on the inside of his left thigh, which is the concern about the femoral artery. The institution is locked down. 

At 2:30 P.M. the Tower # 7 officer's announced a fight on the recreation yard with weapon's involved.  The Tower # 7 officer then fired 2 fin stabilizer rounds and 2 muzzle blast round's in an attempt to stop the fight.  The other tower seven officer fired 1 m-16 round in the sand box and 2 additional round's striking the inmate in the abdomen area shattering his pelvis.  The fight was not gang related and both inmates were transported to the local hospital.  The inmate that was shot was housed at the local hospital until Saturday he expired at or around 10:30 A.M. that morning.  The institution was placed on lock-down status throughout the weekend and returned to normal operations on Tuesday morning.

At 8:35 a.m. while staff were conducting a pat search on an inmate. The inmate struck the officer in the face and then ran into a housing unit. The officer called for assistance and the responding staff chased the inmate into the housing unit. The inmate was trying to hold the cell door closed while he was trying to flush something in the toilet. The responding staff used immediate force to subdue the inmate. The two staff that restrained the inmate received minor injuries.

Two inmates assaulted another inmate in a housing unit at the USP.  One inmate held the cell door closed, while the other inmate repeatedly stabbed the inmate in the cell.  The inmate was transported to the local hospital, where he underwent surgery for multiple stab wounds and a collapsed lung.  The two assailants were placed in the SHU. 

At approximately 2:30 p.m., a staff member was assaulted in the corridor of the USP.  The officer was shaking down an inmate and felt something hidden in his waistband.  The inmate slapped the officer's hand away, and the officer, unsure of the inmate's intentions and suspecting he may have had a weapon, pushed the inmate away.  The inmate then struck the officer in the forehead with a closed fist, causing a laceration to his forehead.  Other staff arrived and restrained the inmate.  The officer was transported to a local hospital via ambulance, treated and released.  The inmate was transported to another facility.

At approximately 7:30p.m., an officer was responding to an inmate fight. When the officer arrived, one of the inmates jumped on the officer and assaulted him. The officer suffered a mild concussion and is out of work indefinitely.

An inmate assaulted an officer who reported him for not taking his meds. The officer suffered a bruised face and lacerations on his neck. The institution was placed on lock down status.

At 3:00p.m., a call for assistance was made in the housing unit. Three inmates’ assaulted one inmate with a weapon. One staff was injured and one inmate was taken to an outside hospital.

A call for assistance was announced at 10:26 am. An inmate assaulted staff by punching him in the face several times. The staff member was medically examined. The inmate was placed in Special Housing Unit. The unit was placed on lock down.

A call for assistance was announced at 8:32 am from the Housing Unit. Two inmates were fighting in the cell. One inmate was taken to the outside hospital. There was no staff injuries reported.

 **A call for assistance was announced at 5:58 pm in the Housing Unit. An inmate was being pat searched and ran from the officer. The inmate was found to have a homemade hypodermic needle. The inmate was placed in the Special Housing Unit. There was no staff injuries reported.

An officer responded to a fight in I unit, two officers were hurt, one officer suffered from a broken rib.

At approximately 6:30p.m., control announced a body alarm in one of the food service dining rooms. Staff responded and found two inmates fighting. The inmates were taken to SHU.  One of the inmates had a swollen right eye. There was no staff were injured.

At approximately 7:10am, one of the unit officers applied hand restraints in the front to an inmate to take him out of his cell.  The hand restraints were applied in front because of the security box attached to his food slot which only allows the inmate to be handcuffed in front.  As the officer was opening the cell door, the inmate pushed the door open and threw an unknown liquid on the officer, striking him in the face and body.  The inmate then attempted to strike the officer in the face with a closed fist.  The inmate was placed on the bed by the officer and two other unit officers came to assist in gaining control of the inmate since the inmate continued to combative.  The Lt was notified and the inmate was secured back in his cell.  Neither the inmate or officer was injured.

At approximately 12:49pm, one of the unit officers was giving an inmate some clothes when the inmate struck the officer in the face/nose area with his fist.  The inmate was placed on the floor to control him and hand restraints were applied.  The inmate was taken to a lock unit.  Neither the staff or inmate were injured.

A fight broke out in the dining hall during the lunch meal. The institution was placed on lockdown.

At 11:58a.m., approximately 50 inmates began fighting between Corridor#1 and Corridor#2, Mainline was going on and approximately 50 more gang related inmates came pouring out of Food Service to join in on the fight.  There were numerous weapons used in the fight as this fight lasted for quite a while with sting balls, pepper ball guns along with other lethal munitions were used to gain control of the fight. Several inmates were injured. One inmate was transported to a local hospital with 15 stab wounds. He was treated and brought back to the institution. One (1) staff member was taken to the
local hospital with a stab wound to his hand, a possible broken elbow and bulging disks in his back, He was transported by ambulance to a trauma center in West Virginia were his injuries are being treated. Other staff received bruises but otherwise, they are doing okay. The  U.S.P. Big Sandy is locked down until future notice.

At approximately 2:45 pm a large group of inmates, estimated between 250 to 300, started fighting on the recreation yard. One group of inmates started assaulting another group of inmates with pool sticks, reel lawnmowers, rocks and whatever else was available. Six inmates were taken to the outside hospital in five responding ambulances with a various degree of injuries. This disturbance escalated after an inmate fight between rival gangs that occurred at noon meal in the food service dept. Due to the professionalism and training of the responding staff this disturbance was brought under
control in 3 ½ minutes. Inmates were throwing rocks and chunks of concrete at the responding staff members. There was no staff injuries reported.  Also, non lethal devices were utilized to quell this disturbance.

At 12:15p.m., a body alarm was announced in a Housing Unit. Two inmates were fighting one on one with a weapon involved. One inmate was assaulting the other inmate with a broom handle. Both inmates were medically assist and were placed in the Special Housing Unit. There were no staff injuries to report.

**At approximately 12:40pm, an immediate use of force had been used in LT Office during a pat search of an inmate. The inmate tried to assault the staff during the routine pat search at which time staff took control of the inmate by placing him on the floor and restraining the inmate. The inmate was medically assist and then placed in the Special Housing Unit. There were no staff injuries to report.

***At 12:45pm, a call for assistance was made in the Special Housing Unit due to a fight in SHU cell of one on one. There were no staff injuries to report.

While escorting inmates from the bus into the institution, one inmate attempted to head butt another inmate in the front lobby. All bus inmates were placed onto the ground and the two were separated and assessed in medical. While taking the restraints off the new bus inmates in R&D, one inmate started assaulting another, both inmates were placed onto the ground by responding staff. There was no staff injuries reported. All four disruptive inmates placed into SHU.

An Unit officer was breaking up a loud card game when an inmate began to assault the officer. The officer was hit numerous times in the head. The officer was able to get away and call for assistance. Additional staff arrived and the assaulter was taken to SHU. During an interview with a SIS assaulter, he stated he had a shank on him at the time and was going to stab the officer if he could have gotten to it. The officer was assessed by on duty medical staff he drove himself to the hospital. The inmate has been transferred to another institution.

At 9:52a.m., a staff needs assistance call was announced in A Corridor. An Inmate was stopped to be pat searched and began to run. Staff proceeded to catch the inmate in which he threw a group bags on the floor and four other inmates tried to hide the bags but were caught. There were six bags of marijuana confiscated and four inmates went to Special Housing Unit and one inmate to dry cell. There were no staff injuries to report.

At 7:54p.m., a fight was called out by a Housing Unit Officer. Two inmates were assaulting one inmate with a weapon. Responding staff broke up the assault and the inmates were medically assessed and sent to Special Housing Unit. There wereno staff injuries to report.

At approximately 5:35p.m., control announced a body alarm was activated in a housing unit. There were two inmates fighting.  There were no staff injuries to report. The inmates were placed in SHU.

At approximately 8:30p.m., a fight occurred on the recreation yard. One staff member sustained a stab wound to the arm and had to receive stitches at the local hospital.  Another staff member received bruises and scrapes. Two inmates were sent to the local hospital also. Approximately 30 inmates were involved 20 of the inmates were locked up.  The fight was gang related and also involved alcohol. Two weapons and one belt with a lock were found.  The institution is currently on lock down status and is in the process of interviews and upper body checks. 

At approximately 8:2p.m., an inmate was suspected to be in possession of hard contraband. A staff member was ordered to search the inmate and his area. After the search the inmate was ordered back into his cell. The inmate refused this order by aggressively charging towards staff and attempting to shove staff members out of the way in order to get to the toilet to flush suspected evidence. The inmate was placed on the floor and he refused staff orders .  The inmate continued to struggle as the restraints were applied resulting in staff injuries in which one officer received an abrasion on his left forearm and the other strained his left ankle.  Staff then pulled 2 cigarettes from the toilet that the inmate had attempted to flush.  Upon a further search of the inmate seven small packets containing a leafy green substance suspected to be marijuana was found in his boots.  The substance was tested with a positive result for marijuana.

At approximately 7:35 PM, an inmate attacked and assaulted the F-Unit officer by punching him in the face and upper torso with closed fist.  The F-Unit officer separated himself from the inmate and the inmate started striking the officer on the back area.  Responding staff secured the inmate without further incident.  The inmate was medically assessed and escorted to SHU.  The officer was medically assessed and had sustained some minor injuries.  USP-1 will remain on lockdown status until further notice.

At approximately 8:40a.m., an inmate was being taken out of his cell to be moved to another unit.  When the two officers got him out of his cell, the inmate attempted to kick one of the officers.  The inmate was taken to the floor to gain control of him.  Neither, the inmate or the officers were injured.

At approximately 8:45p.m., staff assistance was called in SHU, due to an inmate being disruptive. Staff members were trying to place the inmate into hand restraints and he would not cooperate and kept kicking at the staff. After additional staff arrived the inmate was placed on the ground and was placed in hand and leg restraints. When the staff tried to move the inmate into the cell he wouldn’t move causing the staff to have to carry him into the cell.  As the inmate was placed into the cell, a PA came to check the inmate and his restraints and he started kicking at the PA and force was again used to restrain the inmate.

At approximately 11:33 a.m., a body alarm was announced in Unit 2B. An officer observed approximately 15 inmates who were gathered near cells disperses as he walked toward them.  A request was made for upper body checks of all inmates in Unit 2B.  Two inmates were discovered with injuries consistent to a fight. Both inmates were medically assessed and placed in the Special Housing Unit. Mass interviews were conducted and it was determined there was a physical altercation between the two inmates.  Several witnesses observed a group of gang member inmates jumping into the fight. Subsequently, during the response the inmates from 2-A and 3-A refused staff orders to return to their cells and yelled obscenities at responding staff. Unit 2-A and 3-A were secured immediately.

**At approximately 6:06 p.m., an officer observed an inmate pass what believed to be a syringe to another inmate. The officer ordered the inmate to submit to a pat search. At this time the inmate ran and threw an object on the roof the metal shack.  When the officer attempted to take the inmate into custody the other inmate came from behind and punched the officer in the head and face.  The officer went to the ground and both inmates continued to punch and kick the officer.  Responding staff subdued the inmates and placed them in SHU. The officer received contusions and abrasions to his head and face.  The officer was medically assessed locally and sent to the hospital for precautionary treatment.  The SORT team was activated and transported both inmates to FDC SeaTac.   The Institution remains in lock down and will remain so until further notice. The assault is a active investigation with the F.B.I.

At 9:05 p.m., an officer was searching a cell, when an inmate entered the cell and began punching the officer and wrestling with him.  This was apparently done to keep the officer from finding the knives that the inmate was manufacturing in the cell.

At approximately 11:52 a.m., an inmate got angry at the officer for questioning what was in his hand.  The inmate then told the staff member to do her job and give him his education pass. The staff member then instructed him to leave her office and he threatened her by saying "Start talking crazy to me and see what happens."  She gave him a direct order to report to the Lt and tell him what was going to happen to her. That is when the inmate hit her with a partially closed fist on the left side of her face and walked away.  At that time, the officer activated her body alarm and exited the unit. She was seen by institutional staff as well as the local emergency room staff.  She returned to work to write an incident report on the inmate.  The institution is currently on lockdown without a tentative date for coming off.

At 8:41 p.m., an officer was assaulted by an inmate while escorting him from the showers. The inmate has slipped his cuffs off and hit the officer in the facial area. The officer was able to restrain the inmate until additional staff was able to respond. The inmate was then placed in hand and leg restraints and placed into his cell.

Staff gained control of the incident immediately, a release from the correctional complex stated, and one inmate, who was treated for a contusion at a local hospital, has been returned to the prison.

There were no injuries to staff members, and there was no threat to the community, the release stated.

The lockdown, a state of increased security and inmate supervision, has been put into place while the incident is investigated, the release stated.

During lockdown, inmates are generally confined to their housing units or cells shile services such as meals, medical care and showers are provided to all inmates within their assigned units.

Visiting has been suspended during the lockdown, but it is anticipated to be back to normal operations shortly, the release stated.

At approximately 3:42 p.m., staff called for assistance upon observing an inmate with facial injuries running out of a unit. Responding staff secured the unit and began to conduct upper body searches. The CCTV was reviewed and determined at 3:34 p.m., four inmates had assaulted an inmate while he was standing under the rear stairwell in the unit. The inmates involved were restrained, escorted out of the unit, medically assessed and placed into the Special Housing Unit without further incident. The FBI was notified and an investigation continues.