Central Kentucky prison set afire
Riot forces relocation of many of the facility's 1,200 inmates
Posted: August 23, 2009 at 5:29 a.m.
Rioting inmates set fire to trash cans and other items inside a central Kentucky prison, and damage to some buildings was so extensive that officials were busing many of the facility's 1,200 prisoners elsewhere, police said Saturday.
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