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German Prison Destroyed
Loaded on July 15, 1993
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1993, page 13
Many people in Germany had good reason to celebrate in March. Early on Saturday, March 27, a series of explosions destroyed most of a newly completed high-tech prison that was to be put to use in May, 1993. The prison in Weiterstadt, close to Frankfurt, took eight years to build ...
Filed under:
Political Prisoners,
Prison Rebellion,
Prisoners-International,
Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
Location:
Germany.
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