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Florida State Prison Halloween Melee
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2000, page 21
According to a report in The Orlando Sentinel, six Florida State Prison guards were injured during a Halloween incident at Florida State Prison. The disturbance began when FSP prisoner William Stiles set his mattress on fire. Other prisoners complained of respiratory problems because of the smoke and guards began evacuating ...
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