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Crack in the Federal Scheme: The October Rebellion of 1995
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2000
by Bill Dunne
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2000, page 16
By Bill Dunne
Filed under:
Reviews,
Prison Rebellion,
Crime/Demographics,
Crime,
Prisoner Privileges,
U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
Location:
United States of America.
Between October 19 and October 26, 1995, the U. S. Bureau of Prisons (federal prison system) experienced a series of largely spontaneous but causally related uprisings in its then 84 prison, 100,000 prisoner gulag archipelago. Involving a range of demonstrations and direct action, this widespread rebellion ignited ...
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