An inmate, who is suspected to have mental illness, last evening attempted to start a fire at the New Amsterdam Prison.
Devon Griffith, who is jailed for 25 years and was in solitary confinement, allegedly interfered with the main switch box in the men’s prison. As a result, smoke began to emanate from the switch box.
Residents of the area surrounding the facility told this publication last evening that they heard a rumbling from the prison, after which they saw smoke and heard prisoners screaming, “Fire!”
