DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WJAR) — Authorities in Massachusetts released images on Monday of extensive damage done to a housing unit at the House of Correction last week.
The images -- shared by the Bristol County Sheriff's Office -- show broken window glass, smashed television sets, appliances pulled off walls, trash strewn across the floor, as well as improvised weapons.
Sheriff Paul Heroux said Friday's disturbance began when some inmates refused to be moved another unit.
Heroux said it was not a riot and that while the disturbance was destructive, it wasn't violent. No injuries were reported to correctional officers or inmates.
He said the inmates did between $100,000 and $200,000 to the unit.
The sheriff said 20 people face additional charges for their role in the destructive incident.
Some of the inmates were sent to other counties, while others were relocated to the Ash Street Jail in New Bedford.
Heroux previously said the trouble began when the sheriff's office started taking steps to make the House of Correction more "suicide-resistant."He said new admissions were in single cells and double cells and that they had to be put in a communal setting.
Heroux said the inmates wrote a list of demands and that when he responded in writing, they tore it up.
He said the decision was made to enter the housing unit and officers quickly took back control, adding that no inmates or correctional officers were hurt.
"We showed force but there was virtually no use of force because for the most part the inmates got down, complied," Heroux said.
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