The Hate Factory: A First-Hand Account of the 1980 Riot at the Penitentiary of New Mexico Contributor(s): Hirliman, Georgelle (Author) |
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ISBN: 0595366694 ISBN-13: 9780595366699 Publisher: iUniverse OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: The terror lasted for thirty-six hours. When it was over, thirty-three inmates were dead, all at the hands of their fellow convicts. It was an outbreak of inmate violence unequaled in the annals of prison uprisings. It happened at the Penitentiary of New Mexico-Time magazine called it 'the nation's most notorious prison." W.G. Stone was there. He witnessed the beatings, the stabbings, the rape, the torture. 'Tying the rope under his arms and around his chest, they strung him up on the basketball hoop for all to see. There he would hang for the rest of the riot.During those hours of madness that were to follow, inmates would come in and hack at his dangling corpse with knives, beat it with pipes, mutilating it so totally that it was beyond recognition, a raw, bloody mass of flesh, by the time the uprising was over." "The Hate Factory. |
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BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Murder - General - Social Science | Penology |
Dewey: 365.641 |
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.14" W x 9.02" (0.57 lbs) 164 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1980's - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New Mexico |
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Publisher Description: The terror lasted for thirty-six hours. When it was over, thirty-three inmates were dead, all at the hands of their fellow convicts. It was an outbreak of inmate violence unequaled in the annals of prison uprisings. It happened at the Penitentiary of New Mexico-Time magazine called it 'the nation's most notorious prison." W.G. Stone was there. He witnessed the beatings, the stabbings, the rape, the torture. 'Tying the rope under his arms and around his chest, they strung him up on the basketball hoop for all to see. There he would hang for the rest of the riot.During those hours of madness that were to follow, inmates would come in and hack at his dangling corpse with knives, beat it with pipes, mutilating it so totally that it was beyond recognition, a raw, bloody mass of flesh, by the time the uprising was over." The Hate Factory. |