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Riot At Arizona Juvenile Detention Center Leaves Several Injured

Several detention officers and youths were injured in a riot at the Yavapai County Juvenile Detention Center in Prescott Sunday.

Judge David L. Mackey of Yavapai County Superior Court said in a statement that the that three juveniles wrecked an area inside the center, tried to escape and attacked three officers before authorities regained control of the situation. The detention officers and juveniles were treated and released from a hospital, though the extent of their injuries is unclear.

No one else was injured in the riot. 

(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

Stina Sieg was a senior field correspondent at KJZZ from 2013 to 2018.