An in­ves­ti­ga­tion is un­der­way in­to a ri­ot in the cell block of the Supreme Court in San Fer­nan­do where pris­on­ers set fire and dam­aged fix­tures in protest over food.
With bro­ken pieces of glass be­ing thrown at Court & Process of­fi­cers, a Guard & Emer­gency ri­ot team had to rush in to sup­press the irate pris­on­ers. Guardian Me­dia learned that when the cater­er brought food for pris­on­ers short­ly af­ter 3 pm Fri­day, the pris­on­ers com­plained about the qual­i­ty of the meal. Of­fi­cers said the meal con­sist­ed of rice and a small quan­ti­ty of red beans, which some of the pris­on­ers did not want. When one of the pris­on­ers spoke to a po­lice in­spec­tor, he said they could have the food that their rel­a­tives brought for them. How­ev­er, an­oth­er of­fi­cer re­fused.
It was then sev­er­al pris­on­ers be­gan break­ing the bulbs, smash­ing fix­tures, light­ing pa­pers in the cell and throw­ing it at the of­fi­cers. 
A video shared on so­cial me­dia showed the of­fi­cers scam­per­ing for safe­ty while one ex­tin­guished the fire with con­tain­ers of wa­ter. The ri­ot of­fi­cers were called in and the pris­on­ers calmed down. None of the of­fi­cers at the cell block was in­jured. While there were ap­prox­i­mate­ly 15 pris­on­ers in the cell block at the time, a se­nior of­fi­cer said the ri­ot­ers were not yet iden­ti­fied. Ear­li­er in the day, po­lice found a small amount of mar­i­jua­na on a re­mand pris­on­er. When ques­tioned, he called sev­er­al names. An in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to how the pris­on­er got the drugs has be­gun.