Inmates taken to hospitals after incident at Prince George's jail

Four inmates at the Prince George’s County jail were injured Tuesday night in a fight, the county corrections department said. None of the injuries was described as serious.

The four were taken to a hospital where two were treated for what appeared to be puncture wounds and the other two for unspecified but minor injuries, the department said. All four were quickly returned, according to the department.

Two other inmates took part in the fight, but were uninjured, the department said. They were taken to a maximum-security unit.

The “physical altercation” among inmates had occurred about 6:20 p.m. in what was described as an “open cell.”

No information was provided on the cause of the fight, or how the puncture wounds were inflicted.

The matter remained under investigation, the corrections department said Tuesday.

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The jail is located on Dille Drive, south of King’s Grant Park in the Upper Marlboro area. It is west of Brown Station Road.

In fiscal 2018, the most recent year for which the department provided data on its website, the jail housed 920 inmates in a facility with a capacity of 1,564.

Earlier Monday, the corrections department said on Twitter that evening visits were suspended until Saturday, “effective immediately.”

It was not clear whether the suspension played any part in the violence.

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