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Thousands Of Texas Prisoners Stage “Uprising,” Take Over Prison
About 2,000 prisoners in the Willacy County Correctional Center rioted Friday. Calm returned by late Saturday, though the facility was so badly damaged it was “uninhabitable.”
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As many as 2,000 inmates at a Texas prison rioted and staged an “uprising” Friday, and authorities spent much of Saturday negotiating to end the conflict.
The incident began as a protest Friday morning when the inmates at the Willacy County Correctional Center, in southern Texas, refused to report to work and eat breakfast, the Valley Morning Star reported. Inmates then “breached” their housing units — which are a collection of massive tents — and entered the yard, the Associated Press reported.
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Some inmates reportedly set fires in the tents. Corrections officers eventually responded by firing tear gas at the inmates, according to a statement from Management and Training Corporation, the private company that runs the prison.
The Willacy County Correctional Center is located about 45 miles from Brownsville, Texas, which is on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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As many as 2,000 inmates at a Texas prison rioted and staged an “uprising” Friday, and authorities spent much of Saturday negotiating to end the conflict.
The incident began as a protest Friday morning when the inmates at the Willacy County Correctional Center, in southern Texas, refused to report to work and eat breakfast, the Valley Morning Star reported. Inmates then “breached” their housing units — which are a collection of massive tents — and entered the yard, the Associated Press reported.
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Some inmates reportedly set fires in the tents. Corrections officers eventually responded by firing tear gas at the inmates, according to a statement from Management and Training Corporation, the private company that runs the prison.
The Willacy County Correctional Center is located about 45 miles from Brownsville, Texas, which is on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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I saw it first on the Dallas Morning News and went directly to the Valley Morning Star to get the article that I posted. They are not on my regular list of Texas newspapers that I have on my bookmarks list that I search for articles to post on DU. However, if there is an Aggie joke that needs to be announced on DU, then I'm the man! 
