THREE RIVERS, Texas -- Authorities say several inmates have been injured in a prison riot in south Texas. Dispatchers with the Live Oak County Sheriff's Office say multiple inmates were hurt in the riot Friday morning. There was no word on injuries to guards. San Antonio emergency responders are assisting authorities in the small rural county. The riot is the second in Texas in recent weeks. A riot involving 80 inmates at the federal facility in downtown Houston broke out earlier this month.
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