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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 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 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 .
New Mexico State Penitentiary riot: 1980, February 2–3 Penitentiary of New Mexico, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States 33 Over 200 injured Welikada prison massacre: 1983, July 25+27 Welikada Prison, Sri Lanka: 56 (53 inmates and 3 officers) Fremantle Prison riot: 1988, January 14 Fremantle prison, Fremantle, Australia: 0
February 2–3 – The New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot takes place; 33 inmates are killed and more than 100 inmates injured. February 2 – Abscam: FBI personnel target members of the Congress of the United States in a sting operation. [1] February 13 – The XIII Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York. [2]
Jul. 25—Fifty years ago on Thursday, what some consider the most destructive riot in U.S. history, erupted at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. July 27, 1973, started as a regular day at ...
The suit was joined by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) July 6, 1978, as one of their major cases challenging prison conditions in the United States. (No. (No. CIV-77-72) The Duran Consent Decree became the basis "for the most sweeping reform ever proposed for any single prison in American history" (Morris 1983: 49)
The riot, likely the deadliest in Mexico's history, happened in the old and crowded Topo Chico prison in Monterrey.