Prisons

Mar. 03, 1968 - Prisoners In Jail Siege: Twenty long-term prisoners rioted last night in the top security E Wing at Durham prison. They snatched a key from a prison officer and barricaded themselves in an assistant governor's office and in the wing's tiny chapel they were still there today. The riot broke out when most of the inmates were watching television. Photo shows. Uniformed Prison Officers on duty inside the maximum security wing at Durham Gael. Wire mask separates the first floor cell-lined gallery from the ground floor recreational centre, where a television and table tennis are used by the prisoners

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Barricaded Broke Durham Gael Inmates Long-term Maximum Recreational Riot Rioted Separates Snatched Themselves Tiny Uniformed

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