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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 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]
About 200 prisoners were involved in a riot at a Riverside County prison that sparked a statewide warning to all state prisons.
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At least 41 people are dead following a riot at a women’s prison on Tuesday in Honduras, police say. At least seven more women are reportedly being treated for injuries suffered during the riot.
Officials in Thailand say a riot at a prison in a northeastern province was set off when inmates plotting to escape spread false rumors that several prisoners were infected with the coronavirus.
However, Makala prison is highly overcrowded, housing between 14,000 and 15,000 inmates. [5] In 2020, it was estimated that more than 90% of the people held at the prison were awaiting trial, [6] and only 6% were actually serving sentences. [7] Jailbreaks are common in the DRC. [5]
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