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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 prison riot.
The Kaohsiung Prison riot was a hostage situation that occurred at Kaohsiung Prison in Taiwan starting 11 February 2015. Six inmates, whose ringleader was a member of Bamboo Union , [ 3 ] seized weapons, including assault rifles , and took the warden hostage for a 14-hour high-profile stand-off, which caught media attention nationwide.
A prison riot at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina, United States occurred on April 15, 2018. Starting as a prison cell robbery, violence between prison gangs intensified into a full-blown riot leading to the death of seven prisoners. It was the most violent prison riot in the United States within the last 25 years.
It was a particularly hot day in Pontiac. At the prison, a riot would break out involving more than 1,000 inmate. Three men — Lt. William Thomas, Correctional Officer Stanley Cole and ...
An October 2022 riot at the Ohio Department of Youth Services' Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility in Massillon started when a new employee opened a cell door for a teen who asked for water.
Mozambique is experiencing escalating civil unrest linked to October’s disputed election, which extended long-ruling party Frelimo’s stay in power. Opposition groups and their supporters claim ...
The most famous site in this prison are the "tiger cages" (chuồng cọp). The French tiger cages cover an area of 5.475 m 2, within which each cell occupies 1.408 m 2, solariums occupy 1.873 m 2, and other spaces occupy 2.194 m 2. The prison includes 120 cells. The prison was closed after the end of the Vietnam War and opened for visitors ...
Since 2024, the Đầm Dơi District People's Committee under the direction of Cà Mau Province's leadership has promoted a long-term plan from 2025 to 2035 to promote the local commodity economy, thereby preparing for the upgrade of the location where has a high population density to establish at least one high-tech municipality.