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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 prison become the area's largest employer. [2] On October 25, 2003, a 90-minute riot broke out over viewing the 2003 World Series, involving 150 prisoners nearing release fighting predominantly along racial lines. Inmates attacked each other with kitchen knives, meat cleavers, broom handles, dust pans, rocks, pipes, crutches and fire ...
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 ...
A statewide warning was issued to every California prison after roughly 200 prisoners were involved in an attack on officers at Ironwood State Prison in Blythe on Wednesday, officials said.
Five months ago, a similar incident occurred in the same city, which left 11 dead and several businesses scorched.
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. M. Prison riots in Mexico (8 P) U. Prison riots in the United States (25 P) ... Támara prison riot
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2011 – Riot in Kissidougou, Guinea, at least 3 dead. [236] 2011 – Prison riot in Tikrit, Iraq, 2 dead, 14 wounded. [237] 2011 – Riots in Syria, at least 60 killed. [238] [239] [240] 2011 – Riots in Sana'a, Yemen, 42 people had died and at least 300 were injured according to doctors. [241] 2011 – Prison Riot in Hyderabad, Pakistan, 7 ...