Officials at the Valencia County Detention Center said Tuesday the facility was on lockdown because of a burrito.
At least 160 inmates at the detention center were told to get in their cells and stay there with no visitation, no yard time or privileges after a guard smuggled in a tortilla-wrapped surprise for an inmate.
"I thought there was going to be a fight or something else was going on," said Daniel Olguin, who was inside when the incident happened. "They pulled (the prisoner out), cuffed him up and told him, 'You're not getting your burritos anymore!'"
"(After more than) 20 years, this is a first that I saw someone smuggle in a burrito," admitted Joe Chavez, the facilty's warden.
He thinks the guard and the inmate were trying a test run to see if they could eventually use burritos to smuggle in contraband.
"It's actually kind of funny," Olguin said.
Officials said the guard was fired, while staff will keep things locked down as a precaution until Wednesday morning.
A thorough search of the jail did produce some contraband, but nothing the warden attributes directly to the smuggled burrito. Inmates who were drug tested didn't test positive for any hard drugs-only trace amounts of pot-according to Chavez.
At least 160 inmates at the detention center were told to get in their cells and stay there with no visitation, no yard time or privileges after a guard smuggled in a tortilla-wrapped surprise for an inmate.
"I thought there was going to be a fight or something else was going on," said Daniel Olguin, who was inside when the incident happened. "They pulled (the prisoner out), cuffed him up and told him, 'You're not getting your burritos anymore!'"
"(After more than) 20 years, this is a first that I saw someone smuggle in a burrito," admitted Joe Chavez, the facilty's warden.
He thinks the guard and the inmate were trying a test run to see if they could eventually use burritos to smuggle in contraband.
"It's actually kind of funny," Olguin said.
Officials said the guard was fired, while staff will keep things locked down as a precaution until Wednesday morning.
A thorough search of the jail did produce some contraband, but nothing the warden attributes directly to the smuggled burrito. Inmates who were drug tested didn't test positive for any hard drugs-only trace amounts of pot-according to Chavez.
