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<text id=93TT1531>
<title>
Apr. 26, 1993: Fury in the Cellblock
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Apr. 26, 1993 The Truth about Dinosaurs
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK, Page 9
NATION
Fury in the Cellblock
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<body>
<p>A riot at an Ohio prison turns into a tense and deadly hostage
drama
</p>
<p> Everything at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in
Lucasville was turned inside out: inmates were captors, guards
were held prisoner, and chaos reigned. The standoff began after
an estimated 450 inmates rioted and barricaded themselves into
Cell Block L, taking guards hostage. So far the bloody uprising
has left at least seven inmates and one guard dead. On Friday,
as part of ongoing negotiations between prisoners and
law-enforcement officials, an inmate who identified himself as
Abdul Samad Mumin went on live TV to issue a set of demands,
which included calls for higher-paying prison jobs, greater
religious freedom for Muslim inmates and amnesty for the
takeover's participants. Mumin also accused prison
administrators of "killing innocent peoples, ((hanging)) them
in J Block, saying they committed suicide." After the broadcast,
a hostage was released. Negotiators reported "significant
progress"; and there was hope that the worst was over.
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</body>
</article>
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