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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 ...
Of particular concern to the Federal Bureau of Prisons during the riots was the whereabouts of inmate Thomas Silverstein, who was serving a life sentence at USP Atlanta in an isolation cell, following his murder of Federal Prison Guard Merle E. Clutts, at USP Marion, in October 1983. The Cubans ultimately were able to drug Silverstein, who was ...
The November 2024 Guayaquil prison riot occurred on 12 November 2024 at the notoriously overcrowded Litoral Penitentiary/Guayas 1 Prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador, killing at least 17 and injuring 15 people in clashes of drug gangs with connections to Mexican and Colombian drug cartels.
Inside the Yare I prison complex near Caracas on 20 August 2012, a clash between two prison gangs left 25 dead and 43 wounded. [7] The brawl started after a gunshot was fired during a discussion between the gang leaders of the two factions, although the shot did not hit anyone. [7]
The report from the Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP) indicated that at least 52 of the injured stayed in hospital overnight. The OVP also said that during the riot, the prison director Carlos Toro was injured by a stab wound to the back, and that a member of the Venezuelan National Guard (GNB) was injured by shrapnel from a grenade. [7]
[1] [2] [3] It was later revealed that the prison only had 33 guards, with the municipality admitting this was nowhere near enough to ensure security. [4] A new structure at the prison was being built to house the excess prisoners, [5] though prison officials deny there was overcrowding [1] and many inmates were held in old container units. The ...
However, the second riot occurred after these measures were taken. [3] After the second riot, the road from the town of Cieneguillas to the prison was closed, [3] and access to the town from outside was also blocked. [7] The Public Security Minister announced that 31 December riot took place between members of the Gulf Cartel and Sinaloa Cartel ...
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]