Officials of an Upper Peninsula prison have admitted that they had temporarily lost control of the facility to an inmate rebellion, the Michigan Department of Corrections confirmed after denying of any such incident previously.

The Department previously said that no riot occurred in September last year at the Kinross Correctional Facility in Chippewa County. But according to recent reports released about the incident shows that prison officials referred to the event as a “riot” and admitted to having lost control of the prison for an unspecified amount of time.

Chris Gautz, spokesperson for the Michigan prison, said that inmates damaged nearly $900,000 worth of state property after corrections director Heidi Washington authorized squads of armed officers to round up leaders of a protest in the prison. About 150-200 prisoners in the prison yard were circling and chanting “no justice, no peace,” as officials urged them to leave and started blaring sirens when they refused.

The spokesperson denied that officials lost control over the entire facility, but acknowledged that they lost control over some housing units, while inmates shattered windows, barricaded doors and lit a fire in one unit.

"It is a very scary thing to see hundreds of prisoners moving as one body when, already in a prison setting, you are very outnumbered," he said. "You can't allow a scenario for prisoners to move as one and act as one voice."

The report said hundreds of inmates surrounded the prison "control center" after refusing to return to their units.

The prisoner had a list of demands, including a better pay for those who worked in the kitchen, a faster commutation period and better food.

The report said "No ERT (Emergency Response Team) members used any force against any prisoners other than restraint and escort and deployment of chemical agents."

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