Inmates Charged With Murder After Guard Killed In Prison Uprising
click to expand
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- More than a dozen inmates are being charged with murder in a deadly Delaware prison uprising back in February.
18 inmates have been indicted in that deadly riot, with 16 of them being charged with first-degree murder. The other two are charged with kidnapping, riot, and conspiracy.
RELATED: Corrections Officer Killed in Del. Hostage Situation
On February 1, inmates at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna took control of a building, taking four corrections department workers hostage.
Correctional officer Steven Floyd was killed, and two others officers were injured.
All of those charged in this case are currently in Delaware prisons.
Follow @CBSBaltimore on Twitter and like WJZ-TV | CBS Baltimore on Facebook
Read more