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A 10 page paper that brings together the information from five other papers into a cohesive essay. The paper discusses the history and major prison riots, causes, challenges guards face preventing contraband, strategies and technologies some prisons are using to reduce violence, and a recommended plan for reducing violence in prisons. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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high levels of anxiety because they do not know if they will be the next one to be attacked. It interrupts the normal day for all inmates, thus interfering with
their education and training classes. Violence and riots in prisons have been going on for hundreds of years. This essay reports some of the major prison riots over the
centuries and decades. It discusses internal and external stakeholders and strategies to reduce violence. It ends with a comprehensive plan to reduce violence in prisons. Prison Violence Prison
riots and violence is nothing new. The first recorded prison riot in this country occurred before the Declaration of Independence was signed. It was in the Newgate prison in Connecticut
in 1774 (James, 2009). It has been estimated that more than 1,300 riots occurred in prisons during the 20th century. There have been some deadly riots in the history
of American prisons. One was the Attica prison riot in 1971 during which more than 1,000 inmates held dozens of guards hostage (James, 2009). It was a demand for
better conditions in the prison. Negotiations broke down between prison officials and prisoners and the guards finally used live ammunition and tear gas to forcibly take back the prison (James,
2009). During this incident, 32 inmates and 11 guards were killed. In 1980 there was a riot in a prison in New Mexico that took the lives of 33
inmates. This was a cruel action on the part of the inmates who used blow torches on their fellow inmates. In 1993, inmates took control of a prion Lucasville, Ohio.
It was a maximum security prison and although it was an 11-day siege, only one guard was killed (James, 2009). Prisoners will use anything as weapons. In a riot
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