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Order was restored at the Bertie-Martin Regional Detention Center in Windsor, North Carolina, on Monday after inmates assaulted guards, seized two officers as hostages, and briefly took control of portions of the facility.
Bertie County Sheriff Tyrone Ruffin confirmed that the standoff — which began at 5 a.m.
with 88 inmates and three staff members inside — ended without fatalities, with all personnel and inmates accounted for by early afternoon.
How the Takeover Unfolded A jail takeover is an event in which incarcerated individuals wrest physical control of a housing unit or portions of a facility away from correctional staff.
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