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One Dead, Thirty-one Hospitalized in TX Prison Riot
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2000, page 25
One Dead, Thirty-one Hospitalized In TX Prison Riot
Filed under:
Racial Discrimination,
Prison Rebellion,
Conditions of Confinement,
Failure to Protect (General).
Location:
Texas.
A riot in a west Texas state prison Tuesday, April 25, 2000, has left one prisoner dead and thirty-one injured severely enough to require hospitalization according to National Public Radio. The riot, which had racial overtones, began in the dining facility of ...
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