Six prisoners charged in jail disturbance

Six men have been charged in connection with a June 4 disturbance at the Hill County Detention Center. The men, all of whom were prisoners at the time, were apparently angry at not receiving commissary items and refused to return to their cells, according to the charging documents.

Prisoners jammed electronic doors with paper and combs, beat on windows with plastic toilet plungers and overturned a garbage can before they agreed to return to their cells, the document said. More than 20 officers from three law enforcement agencies responded to the disturbance, according to the documents.

The six...