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Prisoners Stage Sit Down at CCA Run New Mexico Prison

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2001 by Gary Hunter published in Prison Legal News December, 2001, page 13
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Organizing, Prison Rebellion, Work Strikes. Location: New Mexico.
Over 650 prisoners engaged in an apparently spontaneous protest at a Federal prison in New Mexico. On Monday, April 13, 2001, prisoners at the Cibola County Correctional Center congregated in the recreation yard and refused to leave. The assembly began as usual at 7:45 a.m., but at 8:00, when the …

 

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