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Prisoners take control of Chippewa Correctional Facility housing unit

KINCHELOE, MI--   Officials say order has returned to the Chippewa Correctional Facility after inmates of one unit took control overnight. 

The Michigan Department of Corrections reports a three-person fight broke out on a Level 2 housing unit at the Kincheloe prison around 10:25 Sunday night. Officers tasered one of the prisoners involved. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

As the ambulance left, inmates walked out of their cells and approached the officer station. Correctional officers got out of the unit safely and the prisoners took control.

The U.S. Border Patrol helped secure the perimeter of the prison and the MDOC’s Emergency Response Team was notified. Michigan State Police also responded. Around 4 a.m. Monday facility officers and the Emergency Response Team returned all inmates to their cells and re-secured the prison.

Level 2 is one step above minimum security.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.