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Washington Prisoners Damage Colorado Private Prison

Loaded on June 15, 1999 published in Prison Legal News June, 1999, page 10
Filed under: Classification, Out of State Transfers, Esmor/CSC, Prison Rebellion, Clothing, Restraints. Locations: Colorado, Washington.
Amajor prisoner uprising rolled through a for-profit prison at Olney Springs, Colorado, for six hours, causing extensive damage. State prison SWAT teams were called in from as far as 200 miles away to regain control of the prison.

The incident took place Friday, March 5, 1999, and was the second ...

 

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