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A prison riot is an act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners against the prison administrators, prison officers, or other groups of prisoners. Academic studies of prison riots emphasize a connection between prison conditions (such as prison overcrowding ) and riots, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] or discuss the dynamics of the modern ...
In March 2020 a riot in the La Modelo prison in Bogota, killed 24 inmates and injured 90 others over fears of COVID-19. The Tuluá prison houses about 1,267 inmates and the cell block where the fire occurred housed 180, but the prison was operating at 117% capacity. [2] [3]
The 400 Mawozo gang operates in the Croix-des-Bouquets area and has influence at its prison, according to Insight Crime. [14] Chérizier, who took responsibility for the surge in violence, said his goal was to capture Haitian government officials, including the police chief. [15] Over 12 people have been killed in the conflict. [12]
A woman who stowed away on a Delta flight from New York to Paris last week has been released from custody after being charged in federal court, but with more than a dozen conditions.
The riot broke out at 8:20 p.m. Although other races were involved the riot was mainly between Hispanic inmates and African American inmates. The prison's damages were severe, bathroom sinks ripped off the walls, fires broke out, and 50 inmates were taken to nearby hospitals. The riot caused a lockdown of the prison and six others in the area. [24]
The September 2021 Guayaquil prison riot occurred at the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil, Ecuador on 28 September 2021. At least 123 inmates were killed and several others were injured in the riot that took place in that prison. It was the deadliest prison fight in the country's history [1] [2] and one of the deadliest in Latin American ...
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Thirty-one people died in the riot, most of whom were burnt to death. Among the dead was an 18-month-old who was living at the prison. [6] A further 37 inmates were seriously injured with burns over 60-90% of their bodies, and 256 were evacuated. [1] [6] It was the deadliest prison riot in Bolivian history. [8]