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Whatever the reason, violence did erupt on the morning of Sept. 9 at about 8:30, when a group of inmates refused to line up at the rap of guards' clubs for a work detail. Suddenly the guards, armed only with their clubs, were fighting with inmates???and were completely outnumbered. At the time well under 100 guards were on duty in the 55-acre compound to supervise the 2,250 prisoners. Moving swiftly, the convicts rushed through three of the quadrangular cell blocks (see cut) and set fires in six buildings. The chapel, prison school and machine shop were...
...created an extremely efficient paramilitary organization. The leaders had commandeered a megaphone, and they dictated a list of demands, which had been neatly typed by inmates seated at a long bench. The hostages were encircled and carefully guarded?both against escape and from any harm by more hostile inmates???by a ring of grim convicts, standing with arms interlocked. Some wore football helmets; others were masked by towels and rags...
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