El Dorado Correctional Facility, Butler County, Kansas
June 24, 2017
70 prisoners, finding the doors unexpectedly unlocked, leave their housing unit and refuse orders to return. Eventually, prisoners return to their cells, but place objects in the way of the doors, preventing them from securing. They make weapons from broom and mop handles. They set fires, attack surveillance cameras and break into an office.
El Dorado Correctional Facility, Butler County, Kansas (Photo: ky.gov).
Citations:
“El Dorado prison disturbance resulted in fire, gang fight; led to second uprising”, The Topeka Capital Journal, November 1, 2017.