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The New Mexico State Penitentiary riot, which took place on February 2 and 3, 1980, at the Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM) south of Santa Fe, was the most violent prison riot in U.S. history. Inmates took complete control of the prison and twelve officers were taken hostage.
The Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM) is a men's maximum-security prison located in unincorporated Santa Fe County, [1] 15 miles (24 km) south of central Santa Fe, on New Mexico State Road 14. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is operated by the New Mexico Corrections Department .
The Penitentiary of New Mexico Prison Riot, which took place on the weekend of February 2 and 3, 1980, was the most violent prison riot to date in the history of the American prison system. During an inmate takeover lasting only 36 hours, 33 inmates were killed and 12 officers were held hostage by prisoners who had escaped from a dormitory in ...
The Duran Consent Decree was a stipulated agreement to litigation written by a prisoner, Dwight Duran, regarding prison conditions in the Penitentiary of New Mexico. It was first submitted as Duran v. Apodaca while Jerry Apodaca was governor in November 1977. When King became governor, it was renamed Duran v. King.
He was one of the first responders to arrive at the Penitentiary of New Mexico during the deadly February 1980 prison riot. ... But she was aware of his role as a responder in the bloody 1980 ...
The gang, which formed after the deadly 1980 riot at the Penitentiary of New Mexico near Santa Fe , grew to nearly 500 members at one time.
A prison riot is an act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners against the prison administrators, ... New Mexico State Penitentiary riot: 1980 ...
In 1971, deadly riots at prisons in New York and California made national news. ... At the prison, a riot would break out involving more than 1,000 inmate. Three men — Lt. William Thomas ...