HOMINY, Okla. (AP) -- Part of an Oklahoma prison has been locked down for the weekend after a fight that sent two inmates to hospitals.
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections on Saturday tweeted that the K/M unit of the Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy was locked down until at least Monday.
Saturday visitation is canceled at Dick Conner Correctional Center's K/M Unit due to an inmate fight. Two inmates are being treated at area hospitals, but their wounds are not life-threatening. Sunday visitation remains on, but could be canceled. We will notify the public if so.
— Oklahoma DOC (@OklaDOC) January 12, 2019
We have canceled Sunday visitation at Dick Conner Correctional Center's K/M unit due to the fight this morning that sent two inmates to area hospitals for treatment. The unit is locked down at least until Monday as a precautionary measure while we investigate.
— Oklahoma DOC (@OklaDOC) January 12, 2019
Department spokesman Matt Elliott says a fight Saturday morning led to two inmates hospitalized with injuries not believed to be life-threatening. Elliott had no immediate additional information on the injuries or what prompted the fight.
Elliott says no prison personnel were injured and that the lockdown was for the safety of inmates and staff.
The Dick Conner Correctional Center is a medium-security facility with capacity for nearly 1,200 men.
Hominy is 35 miles (56.32 kilometers) northwest of Tulsa.
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