| A wave of riots
has swept U.S. prisons. |
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| Within 20 months,
riots have occurred in 35 states. |
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| It began in Trenton, New Jersey... |
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| moved quickly
to Jackson, Michigan. |
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| Here at Michigan Penitentiary
for five days... |
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| the world's largest walled prison
is torn to pieces by maddened convicts... |
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| who destroy everything
they can put their hands on. |
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| Damage is estimated
at $2 1/2 million. |
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| Then, in Pennsylvania,
inmates seize... |
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| five guards as hostages
in Western State Penitentiary. |
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| Damage runs high,
as we can see... |
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| in this view inside one
of the wrecked cell blocks. |
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| At almost the same time... |
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| 231 convicts carry out
a similar rebellion... |
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| in Rahway, New Jersey,
at the state prison farm. |
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| Here, bed sheets,
scrawled with slogans... |
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| are hung from broken windows. |
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| The convicts hold out
for 4 1/2 days... |
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| before submitting to authority. |
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| In Menard Prison
at Chester, Illinois... |
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| state police are called. |
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