Riots and Crowd Control

SWAT officers, using "less-than-lethal" ammunition, were able to free the 73-year-old guard two hours after he was taken hostage

The riot at Lee Correctional Institution left seven dead and more than a dozen injured; it was the deadliest prison riot in the U.S. in the last 25 years

It took an army of law enforcement officers and National Guard troops to quell the riot, which is considered by many to be the most destructive riot in terms of property damage

Seven inmates were killed and dozens were wounded in the riot at the Lee Correctional Institution on the night of April 15, 2018

Two pods were rioting, fighting staff, throwing desks and chairs, and tearing down cameras and light fixtures

Sheriff: “We will not tolerate attacks on our officers. We will prosecute and we will seek justice.”

Pay supplements will also be offered to the youth specialists and corrections officers who work in the Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility housing units

Four of the injured were taken to the hospital for further treatment for head injuries and blood exposure

Published in 2016, the book is one of the most comprehensive accounts of the uprising, where more than 1,300 inmates took over part of a prison in upstate New York

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Great Meadow Correctional Facility staff recovered a makeshift knife in the yard after the incident

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"Now is the time to riot, they are trying to kill us in here with COVID in here," one of the inmates allegedly said