FOLSOM PRISON BLUES: RACE RIOT AT INFAMOUS JAIL

JOHNNY Cash would not be happy. A violent riot has broken Folsom Prison which he made famous with his infamous record in which two inmates were stabbed multiple times.
More than 150 inmates smashed up the maximum security jail and guards were forced to fire a warning shot and used pepper spray to break up the fight.  
The condition of the two inmates who were stabbed was not immediately known, said Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Several other inmates were taken to outside hospitals, while others were treated at the prison for minor injuries, she said.

No guards or other staff members were hurt during the skirmish, which involved inmates from several different racial groups, but it is not clear why it started, Thornton said.
The brawl broke out on the B-Facility main exercise yard at the prison, which opened in 1986. It is next door to the much older Folsom State Prison. About 1,700 employees work at the California State Prison, Sacramento.