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    | Newspoem29March1996  
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    | PrisonDisturbanceSendsAlienstoHospital  
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    | SAN
       | DIEGO,
       | Calif.
       | (Neuter)
       | -
       | A
       | disturbance
       | among
       | illegal
       | aliens
       | being
       | held
       | at
       | a
       | naval
       | air
       | station
       | in
       | San
       | Diego
       | resulted
       | in
       | 28
       | prisoners
       | being
       | injured
       | and
       | taken
       | to
       |   
    | on
       | Friday,
       | an
       | official
       | said.
       | Navy
       | Lt.
       | Cmdr.
       | Steve
       | Burnett
       | said
       | 10
       | illegal
       | aliens,
       | apparently
       | upset
       | by
       | lack
       | of
       | canteen
       | privileges
       | at
       | the
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    | Miramar
       | Naval
       | Air
       | Station,
       | set
       | fire
       | to
       | a
       | mattress.
       | The
       | smoke
       | from
       | the
       | fire
       | affected
       | 28
       | prisoners,
       | who
       | were
       | taken
       | to
       | Scripps
       | Memorial
       | Hospital,
       | where
       | they
       | were
       | treated
       | for
       |   
    | inhalation.
       | Half
       | of
       | those
       | were
       | kept
       | in
       | the
       | hospital
       | while
       | the
       | other
       | 14
       | were
       | released
       | after
       | treatment.
       | They
       | were
       | then
       | transported
       | to
       | the
       | Metropolitan
       | Detention
       | Center
       | in
       | downtown
       | San
       |   
    | along
       | with
       | the
       | remainder
       | of
       | the
       | 174
       | federal
       | prisoners
       | being
       | held
       | at
       | the
       | Miramar
       | jail
       | facility.
       | Burnett
       | said
       | they
       | would
       | remain
       | in
       | the
       | detention
       | center
       | until
       | the
       | damage
       | at
       |   
    | had
       | been
       | assessed.
       | Burnett
       | said
       | that
       | not
       | all
       | the
       | civilian
       | prisoners
       | held
       | in
       | the
       | Miramar
       | brig
       | were
       | illegal
       | aliens.
       | Some
       | were
       | federal
       | prisoners
       | considered
       | non-violent
       | who
       | were
       | being
       | held
       |   
    | because
       | of
       | overcrowding
       | in
       | other
       | federal
       | prisons.
       | Some
       | 210
       | naval
       | detainees
       | being
       | held
       | in
       | another
       | part
       | of
       | the
       | brig
       | were
       | not
       | affected
       | by
       | Friday's
       | disturbance,
       | he
       | said.
       | San
       | Diego
       |   
    | Attorney
       | Alan
       | Bersin
       | said
       | there
       | was
       | ``no
       | massive
       | damage''
       | to
       | the
       | Miramar
       | facility
       | and
       | that
       | the
       | situation
       | had
       | quickly
       | been
       | brought
       | under
       | control.
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