Melee at Corrigan Correctional Institution

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Uncasville, Conn./WTIC Radio - State Department of Correction officials report no injuries Friday night during a fight between several inmates at the Corrigan Correctional Facility in Uncasville.

The department says the fight was between rival gang members.

Ten inmates have been re-assigned to the restrictive housing unit at the  MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institition in Suffield.

Correction officials say a committee has been formed, that includes union leadership, to review current prison policies in light of several recent incidents at Connecticut prisons.

An independent criminal justice consultant will also be  hired to suggest possible safety changes.

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