13 inmates injured in California prison riot
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The injury toll in a California prison riot has risen to 13.
The riot occurred Wednesday at the California State Prison, Sacramento in Folsom.
Authorities say one of the injured was shot by correctional officers.
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Corrections spokesman Terry Thornton says the disturbance inside a prison yard broke out shortly after 11 a.m.
In addition to the shot inmate, 12 others were treated at a hospital for stab and slash wounds. Authorities earlier said 11 inmates were injured.
Prison officials said 60 inmates were involved, but have not discussed what provoked it.
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Thornton says officers tried to quell the riot by firing non-lethal rounds as well as firing six shots from a rifle. The state plans to investigate the decision to use potentially deadly force, which is a standard procedure.