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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.
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The riot reportedly started as a battle over leadership and control of the "Chonchocorito" sector of the prison. [8] The gang in cell block A had allegedly been extracting payments from their rivals in cell block B who grew sick of the extortion attempts and started the riot. [1] The suspected ringleaders were convicted murderers and rapists. [5]
Another direct result of the riot and the handling of the riot was the unification of prisoners. One of Brazil's most notorious gangs, the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), is said to have formed in 1993 as a response to the event. [5] [21] The surviving gang members joined forces with other prisoners to provide protection against the police. [22]
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Cesar M. Hernandez, 34, escaped from a prison van while being transported to Kern County Superior Court in Delano on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. The manhunt for an escaped convict continues for a second ...
Ngo Minh Hieu (also known as Hieu PC; born October 8, 1989) is a Vietnamese cyber security specialist and a former hacker and identity thief.He was convicted in the United States of stealing millions of people's personally identifiable information and in 2015 he was sentenced to 13 years in U.S. federal prison. [2]
A California man has been arrested for a series of alleged violent robberies — including one where he shoved a gun inside a woman’s mouth and broke her teeth, according to authorities.