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Mock Prison Riot Staged
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1998, page 14
On April 25 and 26, 1998, there was a weekend-long riot at the old West Virginia State Penitentiary. This wasn't your typical prison riot, though. First of all, it was anything but spontaneous. Rather, the two-day event was meticulously planned, and carried out by prison guards and law enforcement teams ...
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