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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    (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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