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Guards Use Shotguns to Control Riot
Loaded on June 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2001, page 24
Guards Use Shotguns To Control Riot
Filed under:
Out of State Transfers,
Racial Discrimination,
Prison Rebellion,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Shootings.
Location:
Virginia.
Guards used shotguns loaded with rubber pellets to break up a riot at Wallens Ridge Prison in Virginia. On Sunday December 3rd, in a deliberate violation of prison procedure, prisoners returning from lunch left the sidewalk and gathered on the recreation yard to protest ...
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