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3 inmates hospitalized in fight at Utah state prison

Department of Corrections Officers are shown in the Uinta 5 receiving and orientation unit during a media tour Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Draper, Utah. Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday that he's opposed to the idea of allowing a state commission to pick a location to build a new prison instead of leaving the decision with the Legislature. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)

Department of Corrections Officers are shown in the Uinta 5 receiving and orientation unit during a media tour Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Draper, Utah. Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday that he's opposed to the idea of allowing a state commission to pick a location to build a new prison instead of leaving the decision with the Legislature. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)

Three inmates have been hospitalized and an investigation is under way after a fight broke out at a Utah state prison.

Utah Department of Corrections spokeswoman Maria Peterson says no employees were injured in the altercation that broke out Wednesday evening at the Uinta facility in Draper about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City.

One inmate was flown to the hospital by a helicopter and two others were transported by ambulance.

Peterson says the fight involved fewer than 10 inmates. She doesn’t know what sparked the scuffle or the condition of the three men who were hurt.

She says the prison was placed on temporary lockdown but no other details have been released.

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