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BC Penitentiary Riot, 1963

鶹ýӳSun. 1963 BC Penitentiary Riot Prisoners at the BC Penitentiary in New Westminster rioted in 1963 after three inmates were detected trying to escape.

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1963

BC Penitentiary Riot

Prisoners at the BC Penitentiary in New Westminster rioted in 1963 after three inmates were detected trying to escape. The three took a guard hostage, and insisted on negotiating with popular radio host Jack Webster. Among their grievances was a demand not to be placed in “the hole,” the solitary confinement space that terrorized the prison population for decades.

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