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The riots lasted 11 days, involved more than 100 hostages, and burned down a substantial portion of the facility. [3] During the riot, 32 year-old Cuban inmate Jose Pena-Perez was killed by a correctional officer. According to prison warden Joseph Petrovsky, the officer shot the inmate to protect a fellow officer. [2]
Atlanta prison riots: Approximately 1,400 Cuban inmates at the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, participated in a prison riot over fear of deportation to Cuba. One inmate died during the riot. [5] 2020 May 29 – June George Floyd protests in Atlanta: Part of the George Floyd protests in Georgia. [6] 2023 January 21 Part of the Stop Cop ...
Weldon Lynn Kennedy (September 12, 1938 – June 13, 2020) [1] was a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and served for 33 years. He is known for negotiating a peaceful end to the Atlanta Prison Riots and his involvement in the investigation of the Oklahoma City bombing.
Rayshard Brooks was a 27-year-old African American restaurant worker who lived in Atlanta. [11] He had been married eight years and had three daughters and a stepson. [12] [13] In August 2014, he was convicted and sentenced to a year in prison on four counts, including false imprisonment and felony cruelty to children. [14]
Georgia prisons remain understaffed and overwhelmed by violence and deaths, according to statistics presented to state lawmakers Wednesday. A total of 981 people have died in Georgia prisons since ...
A Georgia congressional candidate convicted of a misdemeanor for illegally demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, walked out of a televised debate with a fellow Republican on ...
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 ...
They were the beneficiaries of the Three Prisons Act of 1891, which established penitentiaries in Leavenworth, Kansas; Atlanta, Georgia; and McNeil Island, Washington. The first two remain open today, the third closed in 1976. The Atlanta site was the largest Federal prison, with a capacity of 3,000 inmates.