VIDEO: Violent jailhouse fight injures 10, including 2 officers

Thursday, October 27, 2016
CHICAGO, IL (KTRK) -- Ten people wound up in a hospital after a violent jailhouse fight that was all caught on surveillance camera.

The brawl broke out on Tuesday at the Cook County Jail's maximum security division.
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Officers are still trying to figure out why the fight started.

Eight inmates and two deputies were treated after the argument escalated into a scuffle in the inmate lunchroom.
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Some of the inmates suffered puncture wounds, while two deputies were struck by food trays.
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