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O Canada!

Those rebellious inmates at the New Mexico State Penitentiary surrendered meekly, leaving the authorities to pick up the pieces. The protest against overcrowding, bad cooking, mail restrictions, and other evils got out of hand when some of the rebels took knives and blowtorches to their fellow prisoners, and ended with a death toll of about 35, once all limbs had been matched to the relevant torsos. Governor Bruce King, who spoke with the rebel leaders by phone, explained their concerns: “They told me they were being treated as kids when they should be treated as men.”

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O Canada!

Those rebellious inmates at the New Mexico State Penitentiary surrendered meekly, leaving the authorities to pick up the pieces. The protest against overcrowding, bad cooking, mail restrictions, and other evils got out of hand when some of the rebels took knives and blowtorches to their fellow prisoners, and ended with a death toll of about 35, once all limbs had been matched to the relevant torsos. Governor Bruce King, who spoke with the rebel leaders by phone, explained their concerns: “They told me they were being treated as kids when they should be treated as men.”