Oklahoma Department of Corrections officials said Wednesday that numerous weapons, cellphones and drugs have been found by investigators following a series of apparently coordinated fights at six state prisons that left one inmate dead, dozens injured and prisons statewide locked down.
"A lot of shanks ... broken broom handles, broken faucets, faucet heads that have a cord attached to them," according to department spokesman Matt Elliott.
Bobby Cleveland, director of the Oklahoma Corrections Professionals, an association for
prison employees, said the fights had "to be a coordinated effort," noting they included minimum security lock-ups.