Dozens of prisoners at a jail in Argentina’ s capital Buenos Aires rioted on Friday demanding urgent health measures after confirmation of a coronavirus case inside the facility .
Police surrounded the prison , which holds around 2, 200 inmates, as explosions were heard , AFP reporters at the scene said .
A group of prisoners managed to climb onto a roof , burn mattresses and throw objects at security guards trying to quell the uprising.
Authorities have yet to comment on the riot or whether there are any injuries .
Inmates could be heard shouting demands for a judge to hear their case and for better protection against the pandemic , just a few days after a warden at the Villa Devoto prison was confirmed to have contracted the novel coronavirus .
“ COVID - 19 in Devoto , genocidal judges, ” read a banner hung from the prison roof . “ We refuse to die in prison, ” read another .
The inmates are demanding , among other things, that releases that were pending before the pandemic be processed .
Several other riots broke out in prisons last week, including in Florencio Varela in Buenos Aires province where one inmate died and 20 were injured .
Argentina has been in lockdown since March 20 and has recorded more than 3, 400 coronavirus cases and 167 deaths.
AFP

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