WASHINGTON 鈥斅燭hree inmates聽were taken to the hospital after a fight broke out at the D.C. Jail Thursday night.
Some of the inmates at the D.C. Central Detention Facility suffered cuts and puncture wounds from a homemade weapon, or “shank.”
Department of Corrections spokeswoman聽Sylvia Lane tells WTOP that聽five people were involved in the fight.聽They all suffered nonlife threatening injuries.
The DOC is investigating what led to the fight.
