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Washington Prisoners Damage Colorado Private Prison
Loaded on June 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1999, page 10
Amajor prisoner uprising rolled through a for-profit prison at Olney Springs, Colorado, for six hours, causing extensive damage. State prison SWAT teams were called in from as far as 200 miles away to regain control of the prison.
Filed under:
Classification,
Out of State Transfers,
Esmor/CSC,
Prison Rebellion,
Clothing,
Restraints.
Locations:
Colorado,
Washington.
The incident took place Friday, March 5, 1999, and was the second …
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