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5 mar 2014 · Several correctional officers were taken hostage, and inmates and police had tense negotiations for their release. Negotiations took place in the rotunda of the prison, which must have been a surreal set of circumstances.
26 lip 2013 · In this July 1973 photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, inmates carry a wounded inmate at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester in McAlester, Okla. during one of the most destructive prison riots in American history.
25 lip 2013 · Forty years ago this month, a pent-up rage among inmates at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester erupted in murderous violence. On July 27, 1973, “Big Mac,” as it’s commonly called, became a mini-hell of fire and black smoke, stabbing victims, beatings, hostages and looting.
On Friday, July 27, 1973, the prison exploded into violence. Around 2:30 p.m. inmates in the mess hall stabbed Capt. C. C. Smith and Lt. Thomas Payne, who were later treated at a hospital. Prison official Jack Hall and Deputy Warden Sam Johnston both attempted to help but were attacked by eleven or twelve inmates and taken as the first hostages.
The Oklahoma State Penitentiary, nicknamed "Big Mac", [3] is a prison of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections located in McAlester, Oklahoma, on 1,556 acres (6.30 km 2). Opened in 1908 with 50 inmates in makeshift facilities, today the prison holds more than 750 male offenders, [1] the vast majority of which are maximum-security inmates. They ...
26 lip 2023 · MCALESTER, Okla. — Fifty years ago on July 27, what some consider the most destructive riot in U.S. history, erupted at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. July 27, 1973, started as a regular day at the prison, but as it unwound, rampaging inmates took 22 hostages, consisting of everyone from correctional officers to Deputy Warden Sam ...
25 lip 2023 · A riot-equipped Oklahoma National Guardsman keeps a watchful eye on inmates who were corraled behind a fence on the east side of Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester on July 30 during...
