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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.
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 next day, Mexican police managed to recapture three inmates and 8 criminals involved in the prison raid. [7] Two law enforcement officers, one a policeman and the second a guard, were injured in the attack. [2] The government of Hidalgo has launched an investigation aiming to track the criminals down. The program is still ongoing. [4]
About 200 prisoners were involved in a riot at a Riverside County prison that sparked a statewide warning to all state prisons.
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.
The riot, which the Associated Press reported appears to be the deadliest episode of violence inside a women’s prison in Central America since 41 people were killed at a shelter in Guatemala ...
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 riot, likely the deadliest in Mexico's history, happened in the old and crowded Topo Chico prison in Monterrey. Mexico accuses prison officials of homicide after brutal riot Skip to main content