<p>Dozens of prisoners at a jail in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires rioted on Friday demanding urgent health measures after confirmation of a <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">coronavirus</a> case inside the facility.</p>.<p>Police surrounded the prison, which holds around 2,200 inmates, as explosions were heard, AFP reporters at the scene said.</p>.<p>A group of prisoners managed to climb onto a roof, burn mattresses and throw objects at security guards trying to quell the uprising.</p>.<p>Authorities have yet to comment on the riot or whether there are any injuries.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>"COVID-19 in Devoto, genocidal judges," read a banner hung from the prison roof. "We refuse to die in prison," read another.</p>.<p>The inmates are demanding, among other things, that releases that were pending before the pandemic be processed.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>Argentina has been in lockdown since March 20 and has recorded more than 3,400 coronavirus cases and 167 deaths.</p>
<p>Dozens of prisoners at a jail in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires rioted on Friday demanding urgent health measures after confirmation of a <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">coronavirus</a> case inside the facility.</p>.<p>Police surrounded the prison, which holds around 2,200 inmates, as explosions were heard, AFP reporters at the scene said.</p>.<p>A group of prisoners managed to climb onto a roof, burn mattresses and throw objects at security guards trying to quell the uprising.</p>.<p>Authorities have yet to comment on the riot or whether there are any injuries.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>"COVID-19 in Devoto, genocidal judges," read a banner hung from the prison roof. "We refuse to die in prison," read another.</p>.<p>The inmates are demanding, among other things, that releases that were pending before the pandemic be processed.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>Argentina has been in lockdown since March 20 and has recorded more than 3,400 coronavirus cases and 167 deaths.</p>