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BREAKING: Georgia Inmates Overtake Ware Prison, Multiple Active Shooters

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PRISONERS have taken over Ware State Prison in Georgia — where ‘several active shooters’ along with fatalities are reported, Your Content is learning.

According to Law Enforcement Today, Ware Prison in Georgia was overtaken by inmates.

UPDATE — 3:09A (ET): Multiple agencies, including the Georgia Bureau of Investigation responded to a riot at the Ware County State Prison in Waycross, Action News 47 reports.

According to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, the riot unraveled at around 2:15 a.m. and now appears to be under control.

“The incident is under control and the facility is currently on lockdown,” The Georgia Department of Corrections said in a statement. “Two staff members received minor, non life-threatening injuries and there are no reported inmate injuries at this time.”

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Further information from officials wasn’t immediately available, but multiple Facebook Live videos went out from men purporting to be inmates.

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