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Brig Fire Sparks Political Debate

Loaded on Aug. 15, 1996 by Dan Pens published in Prison Legal News August, 1996, page 18
Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Immigration, Military, Military Prisons. Location: California.
On March 29, 1996, several "illegal aliens" allegedly used electrical wire to ignite toilet paper, sheets and mattresses at a military brig at Miramar Naval Air Station in California. The resulting fire, and especially the smoke, created havoc. Panicked prisoners began to riot.

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