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	RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Prison Riot Highlights Deep-Lying Problems
		Although one of the demands set forth by a small group of prisoners that initially refused to end the riot was that their sentences be commuted, judicial authorities stated Friday that this option would not be considered.
		Córdoba's chief prosecutor, Gustavo Vidal Lascano, said that in response to the inmates' demands, the elite riot police ETER were not sent in, visiting hours would be respected in the future, and the rioting prisoners would turn themselves over to the police in the presence of judicial authorities and journalists.
		In response, human rights organisations, prisoners' families and government watchdog agencies called for judicial intervention, and in some cases directly appealed to the authorities to stop the massive violations of the rights of prisoners, whose lives were often endangered.
	www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=27418 (1243 words)

	Fremantle prison riot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Fremantle prison riot was a prison riot that occurred on January 4, 1988 at Fremantle Prison, in Western Australia.
		Fremantle Prison was built using convict labour during the 1850s, with the design based on Pentonville Jail, and was the maximum security prison for male offenders in Western Australia.
		The riot highlighted the poor conditions inside the jail and two years after the prison was closed with most prisoners being transferred to the new Casuarina Prison.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fremantle_prison_riot (810 words)

	CNN.com - Guatemala prison riot kills three - Feb. 13, 2003
		A bloody prison riot Wednesday near Guatemala City left at least three people dead, and a lawyer said a man convicted in the high-profile murder case of Roman Catholic Bishop Juan Gerardi was among the dead.
		Prison officials were still struggling to retake control of the facility Wednesday afternoon and had no immediate information.
		Villanueva, who had been a sergeant in the presidential guard, was one of three military officials sentenced to 30 years in prison for the April 26, 1998, bludgeoning death of Gerardi, the head of the church's local human rights office.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/americas/02/13/guatemala.riot.ap/index.html (322 words)

	Prison riot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The aftermath of the 1988 riots at Fremantle, Western Australia.
		A prison riot is a riot that occurs in a prison, usually when those incarcerated rebel openly against correctional officials.
		Riots may also be caused by poor living standards, such as improper plumbing, lack of exercise time, or a lack of educational faculities, or the privilege of attending them.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prison_riot (314 words)

	Lucasville prison riot: 10 years later
		One mention of the Lucasville prison riot - one of the longest and bloodiest in U.S. history - was often enough to persuade state lawmakers to pour millions of tax dollars into Ohio's correctional system.
		At the time of the riot, the state's prisons were filled to nearly 150 percent of their intended capacity, and many facilities were at more than 200 percent capacity.
		The addition of the new prisons and 900 new guards gradually reduced the guard-to-inmate ratio to the national average of 5.4 to 1.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2003/04/06/loc_lucasville06.html (1884 words)

	McAlester Prison Riot 1973 - Big Mac
		Prison officials feared that riot was coming, but no one knew "when." When it did come, "it was somewhat of a spur of the moment deal." There were about 15 prisoners who were hiding long knives and were wandering around in the yard asking some other prisoners to join them.
		Prison inmates had formulated a list of demands to be delivered to the Governor, including a demand for live television coverage, a visit by Governor Hall to the cell block to discuss grievances, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney, and newspaper reporters.
		The prison riots are generally brought on by a handful of prisoners, but the entire prison population suffers the miserable consequences.
	www.oktrooper.com /bigmac.html (4261 words)

	The New Mexico Prison Riot/Professor Colvin
		The courts agreed that the state was responsible for allowing the conditions at the prison to exist that led to the riot.
		Prisons are a little different, since inmates are forced to live with each other 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for years.
		The prison was undergoing renovations at the time of the riot, and cameras were being installed.
	www.msstate.edu /courses/ju25/colvin.htm (3560 words)

	ARGENTINA: Prison Riot Highlights Deep-Lying Problems
		Although one of the demands set forth by a small group of prisoners that initially refused to end the riot was that their sentences be commuted, judicial authorities stated Friday that this option would not be considered.
		Córdoba's chief prosecutor, Gustavo Vidal Lascano, said that in response to the inmates' demands, the elite riot police ETER were not sent in, visiting hours would be respected in the future, and the rioting prisoners would turn themselves over to the police in the presence of judicial authorities and journalists.
		In response, human rights organisations, prisoners' families and government watchdog agencies called for judicial intervention, and in some cases directly appealed to the authorities to stop the massive violations of the rights of prisoners, whose lives were often endangered.
	www.aegis.com /news/ips/2005/IP050224.html (1342 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Afghanistan prison riot 'is over'
		Mr Hashimzai said one body was found as some 1,300 prisoners involved in the rioting were moved under police escort to a new prison block.
		Prison authorities ordered inmates to wear bright orange uniforms to prevent a repeat of a January escape by seven Taleban suspects who mingled with visitors.
		Pul-e-Charkhi is a huge prison complex built in the 1970s on the outskirts of the capital.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/4762976.stm (415 words)

	Hull Prison Riot Ends
		The 140 prisoners who were not involved in the disturbance had already been evacuated.
		Hull was regarded as one of the country's more peaceful prisons, but it does hold a number of high security "category A" prisoners, including members of the IRA.
		Hull prison was put out of use for a year and the cost of repairing the damage was estimated to be £3-4 million pounds.
	www.hullwebs.co.uk /content/l-20c/newspapers/1976/prison-riot.htm (371 words)

	U.S. guards shoot dead 4 inmates in Iraq prison riot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Six prisoners were wounded in the violence, which affected hundreds of detainees at Camp Bucca in southern Iraq on the day after Iraqis voted in their first free election in decades.
		Prisoners began throwing rocks and fashioning weapons after a routine search of one of 10 compounds at the camp near the port of Umm Qasr, the military said in a written statement.
		"The cause of the riot and use of lethal force is currently under investigation by the chain of command and the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigations Division, which is standard procedure whenever a detainee death occurs," the military statement said.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-02/01/content_413992.htm (545 words)

	Riots, Protests and Other Civil Disturbances: Folsom Prison Riot, 1927
		Shortly after this show of force, the convicts capitulated, released all hostages and, when they returned to their cells, control of the entire facility was restored to the prison authorities.This attempted prison break was one of the most desperate situations in penal history of the United States at that time.
		Prison, local and State authorities were unanimous in their praise of the Guard's significant contribution to the rapid restoration of control to the proper authorities.
		And this in the face of the fact that the riot occurred on a holiday, when many of the guardsmen were out of town, or inaccessible for several hours.The turnout was 85 percent perfect.
	www.militarymuseum.org /FolsomPrisonRiot1927.html (2316 words)

	Prison riot in Argentina: 62 taken hostage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		At least eight people have died during a prison riot in the city of Cordoba as hundreds of inmates held 20 guards and 42 other people hostage and threatened to throw some of them off the roof, officials said early Friday.
		The riot erupted when a number of inmates brandishing knives, many with their faces covered, appeared on the roof of the prison.
		Three hours into the riot, a group of 16 convicts boarded a truck inside the prison compound and, using a prison guard as a shield, tried to break out but were confronted by police outside, the police chief said.
	nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/27/16174 (715 words)

	"Machine gun the rioters, Blunkett shrieked"
		An hysterical David Blunkett demanded the army be brought in and use machine guns to control a prison riot, the former head of prisons has claimed.
		Blunkett had written that the 2002 riot, during which prisoners took control of the jail, was an example of where he had made a difference as Home Secretary because his instinct was for the riot to be dealt with decisively in the face of what he saw as dithering.
		Brian Caton, general secretary of the Prison Officers' Association, told the BBC that while his members were risking their lives trying to retake the prison, this "bizarre" conversation was allegedly taking place.
	www.prisonplanet.com /articles/October2006/171006Blunkett.htm (397 words)

	Prison riot followed increase in inmates \| Prison Policy Initiative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Prison riot followed increase in inmates; Lee County center took in 400 prisoners from Vermont and cut back on privileges
		The inmate riot Tuesday at a private Eastern Kentucky prison followed a dramatic increase in inmates and cutbacks in privileges such as free time outdoors, prison officials said.
		Wright, the editor of Prison Legal News, said it's hard to say whether that amount of staff is adequate because it depends on the layout of the prison and the level of security needed.
	www.prisonpolicy.org /news/courier09172004.html (1428 words)

	4 shot during Iraq prison riot
		Four prisoners have been shot dead by US guards for rioting at the Camp Bucca prison in southern Iraq, report agencies quoting the US military.
		Prisoners were "throwing rocks and fashioning weapons from materials inside their living areas".
		Six other prisoners were injured in the unrest at the prison, near the port of Umm Qasr, the military said.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/feb/01iraq.htm (150 words)

	Riot at Prison Kills 31
		At least 31 people were confirmed killed Tuesday and at least 15 were injured in one of Brazil's worst prison riots in recent years, with authorities warning that the death toll could climb as they continue to search for bodies.
		Violence and pandemonium escalated as the riot spread through the facility, with inmates knocking down some walls and bashing holes in others, shouting at onlookers outside the detention center and hanging up banners denouncing the authorities or assuring loved ones that the writer was unharmed.
		In 2003, "detainees in police stations, prisons and juvenile detention centers continued to be held in cruel, inhuman or degrading conditions," it said.
	www.globalexchange.org /countries/brazil/1966.html (649 words)

	Prison Riot Went On for 15 minutes leaving 70 injured
		A prison riot involving 70 white and Latino inmates broke out at San Quentin prison leaving 42 of the 70 injured.
		The prison guards allowed the fight to go on for 15 solid minutes before they pepper sprayed everyone and brought it under control.
		Some of the guys in the prison have had so much time on their hands they have learned how to make handcuff keys out of the metal part of an asthma inhaler.
	www.8bm.com /diatribes/volume02/037/748.htm (457 words)

	Prison "Riot"
		The opening of the state prison in Coal township in 1993 was the state's welfare for the region.
		Yancey asserts that Casey was never assaulted and that prison personnel and State Police "investigators," Robert McBride and Douglas Foura knew that the allegations were a concoction.
		The consolidation hearing was actually held in the hole of another state prison in another county.
	www.prisoners.com /coalbldy.html (1033 words)

	Governor asks for probe into 2002 Folsom Prison riot - Prison Talk
		Whistle-blowers said the riot in the exercise yard was caused when officers broke with procedure as they integrated members of two rival gangs that had been locked in their cells for months — the Mexican Mafia and Nuestra Familia.
		Also testifying at the Senate hearing was a sergeant in the prison's investigative unit, who said he was ordered by superiors to remove the audio portion of the videotape because it made it appear the riot should have been stopped.
		Accusations at Folsom center on whether an associate warden with ties to one of the gangs delayed responding to the riot and whether the warden ordered a videotape of the riot to be altered.
	www.prisontalk.com /forums/showthread.php?t=45884 (4450 words)

	Corrections
		Drug Use and Dependence, State and Federal Prisoners presents data from the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities on prisoners' prior use, dependence, and abuse of illegal drugs.
		This report presents estimates of the prevalence of mental health problems among prison and jail inmates using self-reported data on recent history and symptoms of mental disorders.
		The purpose of the riot is to showcase emerging corrections and law enforcement technologies and to give corrections officers and tactical team members an opportunity to use and evaluate emerging technologies in riot training scenarios.
	www.ojp.usdoj.gov /topics/corrections.htm (710 words)

	Venezuela prison riot kills 16 inmates - Breaking News - World - Breaking News
		Some prisoners were hanged before National Guard troops restored order in Uribana Prison near the city of Barquisimeto, some 280 kms west of the capital Caracas, federal prison official Fanny Marquez said on Tuesday.
		She said the authorities have already been hiring additional prison staff to stop prisoners from smuggling in guns or making crude weapons in their cells.
		Prisoners commonly stage rebellions to protest long sentencing delays that can leave them languishing for years with their future uncertain.
	www.smh.com.au /news/World/Venezuela-prison-riot-kills-16-inmates/2007/01/03/1167777141173.html (279 words)

	Jerry's Riot: The True Story of Montana's 1959 Prison Disturbance
		In JerryÂ’s Riot: The True Story of MontanaÂ’s 1959 Prison Disturbance, author Kevin S. Giles captures the conflict that ensued between Warden Floyd Powell and career criminal Jerry Myles, who had done time at Alcatraz Island and other federal and state prisons.
		"The cause of the riot is often wrongly portrayed as an escape attempt," Giles said.
		Soon after Giles started investigating the riot in 1995, it became clear to him that Jerry Myles was the central figure of the story.
	www.booklocker.com /books/2078.html (533 words)

	State inmates injured in Colorado prison riot
		Washington prison officials flew to Colorado yesterday to assess the situation, said Department of Corrections spokesman Veltry Johnson.
		The riot involved inmates from Washington, Colorado and Wyoming, which also houses some of its inmates in the privately run Colorado facility, according to Morgan.
		Yesterday's riot began with about 150 inmates in the recreation yard of the Crowley County Correctional Facility on Tuesday evening but grew to include several hundred prisoners, Morgan said.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/183136_prisonriot22.html (599 words)

	17 killed in El Salvador prison riot. 07/01/2007. ABC News Online
		Police say at least 500 members of the Mara 18 gang were involved in the riot at the Apanteos Prison near Santa Ana, 66 kilometres west of San Salvador.
		Human rights prosecutor Beatrice Alamanni, citing reports from her collaborators and security sources, described the scene inside the prison as "horrible, a massacre" and said the prison was heavily damaged.
		Police deputy chief Jose Luis Tobar says prison guards tried to control the situation by firing their guns in the air, but the prisoners refused to return to their cells and started breaking doors and walls.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200701/s1822593.htm (225 words)

	Lucasville Prison Riot Page
		Drake said the section of the prison involved houses about 500 inmates and it has been sealed off from the rest of the complex, which in all is home to 1,819 prisoners described by officials as some of the most dangerous in the state.
		Riot control teams from other prisons and the State Highway Patrol were at the prison, which holds about 3,000 inmates, she said.
		A teacher visiting the prison was killed in June 1990 and an inmate was stabbed to death in September 1990.
	www.strengthtech.com /correct/incident/lucas.htm (1713 words)

	KKTV \| Prison Riot in Crowley County
		Prison officials have regained control of the Crowley County Correctional Facilty near Olney Springs after hundreds of inmates rioted Tuesday night.
		Prison officials then called in extra guards from other area correctional facilities for help.
		Morgan says no guards were hurt in the riot, but 13 prisoners were injured---one was stabbed and was in critical condition at last report.
	www.kktv.com /home/headlines/881566.html (244 words)

	Georgia: Prison Riot Fuels Destabilization Theory - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Less than 24 hours after the prison riot was quelled, the Interior Ministry announced the arrest of a presidential administration official suspected of spying on Georgia at the behest of an unspecified foreign country.
		Elena Tevdoradze, chairwoman of the parliament human rights committee, who was at the prison during when the riot supposedly took place, said one of the prisoners killed, an Ossetian, was shot in the back after the riot was quashed, Caucasus Press reported on March 29.
		She quoted that prisoner as saying "We are afraid they will start shooting, please defend us." She said when she arrived, Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili was there and "very agitated." Tevdoradze confirmed that Akhalaya was there, but she said he was not drunk.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2006/03/9c5f4d3d-ab4a-4aed-95f2-1eea60a24919.html (1528 words)

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