The 1974 Huntsville Prison siege was an eleven-day prison uprising that took place from July 24 to August 3, 1974, at the Huntsville Walls Unit of the...
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State Penitentiary at Huntsville or Huntsville Unit (HV), nicknamed "Walls Unit", is a Texas state prison located in Huntsville, Texas, United States...
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Linda Woodman State Jail (category United States prison stubs)
Justice. The prison is named after Linda Woodman who served as warden of the Gatesville Unit and a survivor of the 1974 Huntsville Prison siege. The unit...
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A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer is...
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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...
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Attica Prison Riot, also known as the Attica Prison Rebellion, the Attica Uprising, or the Attica Prison Massacre, took place at the state prison in Attica...
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conclusion to hostage drama". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 2023-12-07. "Sydney siege: Police should have stormed cafe sooner, coroner rules". BBC News. 2017-05-24...
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all smashed, possibly in the riot and possibly by the police. During the siege of the Stonewall, Craig Rodwell called The New York Times, the New York...
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Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (redirect from Lucasville Prison Riot)
been described as one of the largest crises in Ohio prison history and one of the longest prison sieges in U.S. history. The eastern portion resides in Jefferson...
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State Correctional Institution – Camp Hill (redirect from State Prison at Camp Hill)
referred to as SCI Camp Hill, is a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, near Camp Hill in Greater Harrisburg...
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Washington, United States, in 1899 Julia Standley, died during the 1974 Huntsville Prison Siege in the Texas State Penitentiary Paul Carpenter Standley (1884–1963)...
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Ellis Unit (redirect from Ellis prison)
executed August 17, 2010 Ignacio Cuevas (perpetrator of the 1974 Huntsville Prison Siege) - executed May 23, 1991 Carlos DeLuna - executed December 7...
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The 1990 Strangeways Prison riot was a 25-day prison riot and rooftop protest at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, England. The riot began on 1 April 1990...
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death of Joseph Stalin, to only convicts with criminal sentences and small prison terms, of which there were few in Vorkuta, as a large part of the inmates...
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New Mexico State Penitentiary riot (redirect from New Mexico prison riot)
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...
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surname of drug kingpin Fred Gomez Carrasco, who died during the 1974 Huntsville Prison Siege. Joe King Carrasco & El Molino (1978, Lisa Records) Tales of...
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Battle of Alcatraz (category Prison riots in the United States)
independent film depicting the events. DeNevi, Don (1974). Alcatraz '46;: The anatomy of a classic prison tragedy. San Rafael, California: Leswing Press....
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Federal Correctional Institution, Talladega (category Prison riots in the United States)
medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Alabama. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States...
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to the siege and was given 16 life sentences. Chris Simcox - Member of the now defunct Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. List of U.S. state prisons List of...
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice (redirect from Texas State Prison System)
mid-1800s, and the prison agencies of Texas have maintained the cemetery since then. Texas portal Law portal 1974 Huntsville Prison siege Texas Juvenile Justice...
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Pennsylvania 1968 Pittsburgh riots 1969 York race riot Texas 1974 Huntsville Prison siege Moody Park Riot (1978) Others Ghetto riots (1964–1969) Long,...
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local prison located in Kingston upon Hull in England. The term 'local' means that this prison holds people on remand to the local courts. The prison is...
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HM Prison Ford (informally known as Ford Open Prison) is a Category D men's prison, located at Ford, in West Sussex, England, near Arundel and Littlehampton...
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West Virginia Penitentiary (redirect from Moundsville Prison)
(1991). States of Siege: U.S. Prison Riots, 1971–1986. Cary, NC, USA: Oxford University Press, Incorporated. pp. 179–181. "The Mock Prison Riot". Archived...
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Pennsylvania 1968 Pittsburgh riots 1969 York race riot Texas 1974 Huntsville Prison siege Moody Park Riot (1978) Others Ghetto riots (1964–1969) Long,...
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incidents at the makeshift prison. Despite the deaths, the National Islamic Movement militia did not reinforce security at the prison. John Kerry's report for...
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The Atlanta prison riots were a series of prison riots that occurred at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, United States in November 1987. The...
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Carandiru massacre (category Prison riots in Brazil)
Paulo, Brazil, when military police stormed the penitentiary following a prison riot. The massacre, which left 111 prisoners dead, is considered by many...
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accessed 12 March 2016 "Winston-Salem chronicle. (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1974-current, December 06, 1984, Image 2" (1984/12/06). December 6, 1984: Page...
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Penitentiary is a prison in La Mesa, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. It is considered "one of the most notorious prisons in Latin America". The prison was built...
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