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Boredom and overcrowding blamed for prison riots
Washington AP reports that prison officials and reform critics link July heat crowding and idleness to two recent riots that killed six. Illinois Pontiac Center saw three guards die while Georgia Reidsville Prison had two inmates stabbed, amid overcrowding and racial tensions.
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Washington
Raymond Olsen
American Correctional Association
Pontiac
Illinois
Reidsville
Georgia
Associated Press
Alvin J. Bronstein
American Civil Liberties Union
Attica
Upstate
New York
Bronstein
Pung
Minnesota