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South African Prisoners Rebel

Loaded on Aug. 15, 1994 published in Prison Legal News August, 1994, page 17
Filed under: Prison Rebellion, International, Prisoners-International. Location: South Africa.
On June 10, 1994, prisoners in seven South African prisons rebelled, taking prison officials hostage and destroying prisons. Prisoners demanding an amnesty held a warden captive for nearly 24 hours at the Modderbee prison east of Johannesburg before releasing him. One prisoner was killed and at least 30 escaped from ...

 

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