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Two Die during Latest Angola Escape Attempt
Loaded on April 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2000, page 10
Two Die During Latest Angola Escape Attempt
Filed under:
Prison Rebellion,
Prison/Jail Murders,
Escapes,
Media,
Prisoner Media,
Censorship.
Location:
Louisiana.
by Dan Pens
A guard and a prisoner were killed December 28, 1999 at Louisiana's maximum security penitentiary at Angola during a bungled escape attempt that ended after a two hour hostage standoff.
The guard, Captain David Knapps, 49, was beaten to death ...
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