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Rioting Con Battle Speech Sparks Prison Scandal
Jackson Michigan a controversial speech by Assistant Deputy Warden Vernon Fox congratulating mutineers at Southern Michigan Prison was allegedly dictated by eight convicts who held eight hostages for surrender timing. Earl Ward, mutiny leader, released Fox and disputed the pledge while state officials and a reform group investigated the parole. Prison reforms and no reprisals were promised as the mutiny ended with heavy damage and casualties. A separate Uniontown incident reports a salesman killed his wife and three children before taking his own life.
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