LS229 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Reaction Formation, Eye Contact, People Skills
7 Apr 2016
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Module 1 the april 1971 kingston peniteniary riot. Ended with the prisoners taking over control of the enire prison. 550 inmates were released from their cell blocks and they were all able to paricipate in the riot. Descripion of the kingston riot: a lot of them tesiied (50) because they wanted parole. Another reason they tesiied was because the murder they witnessed goes against human principles and values. A lot of them said they want back to their cells and vomited ater witnessing what they did. Iniial stages of prison riots riots vs. disturbances: disturbance is when inmates rise up and destroy prison property and carry on, but don"t take hostages. Usually involves a large proporion of the inmate populaion, and are rare. A riot might last 3-4 days: there are certain paterns in riots. The beginning of any prison riot is chaoic, opportunisic or planned. They are released from their cells and begin a spree of destrucion.
