NCJ Number
16669
Journal
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CORRECTIONS Volume: 16 Issue: 4 Dated: (OCTOBER 1974) Pages: 332-351
Date Published
1974
Length
20 pages
Annotation
A COMPARISON OF COMMON TRENDS IN PRISON RIOTS SINCE 1950, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO INMATE COOPERATION, THE TAKING OF AND TREATMENT OF HOSTAGES, INMATE DEMANDS, AND THE BRUTALIZATION OF LESS FAVORED INMATES.
Abstract
RIOTS AT SAN QUENTIN, ATTICA, OHIO PENITENTIARY, JACKSON PRISON, TRENTON, AND KINGSTON PENITENTIARY IN CANADA ARE DISCUSSED. GUARDS OFTEN ARE TAKEN AS HOSTAGES, BUT GENERALLY ARE TREATED WELL. INMATE DEMANDS SOMETIMES APPEAR NEBULOUS, AND THERE IS THE TENDENCY FOR THE INMATES TO DEMAND MEDIA EXPOSURE EITHER PRIOR TO, DURING, OR IN PLACE OF NEGOTIATING WITH OFFICIALS. MOST INMATES APPARENTLY DO NOT WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN RIOTS, BUT ARE COERCED INTO THEM WITH AN 'EITHER YOU'RE WITH US OR YOU'RE AGAINST US' ARGUMENT. SEX OFFENDERS AND INMATE INFORMANTS STAND A GOOD CHANCE OF BEING TORTURED OR KILLED DURING RIOTS. SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES OF PRISON RIOTS ARE COMPARED. --SUMMARY IN FRENCH