Quiz: Test your knowledge of the 1980 NM prison riot; In 1980, Gary Nelson, a convicted bank robber, escaped from another state prison. When police caught him in New Mexico, prison officials held ...

Quiz: Test your knowledge of the 1980 NM prison riot In 1980, Gary Nelson, a convicted bank robber, escaped from another state prison. When police caught him in New Mexico, prison officials held ...

In 1980, a single open door triggered the deadliest prison riot in U.S. history. Hostages, revenge killings, and utter chaos - this is the horrifying story of Old Main.

Thirty-five years after the deadly prison riot near Santa Fe, the state might pay $100,000 each to correctional officers who were on duty when the uprising began.

The 1980 Penitentiary of New Mexico prison riot may seem to many like ancient news. ... Santa Fe, NM 87504-2048 Phone: 505-983-3303 Email: [email protected]. Follow Us ...

During the riot, inmates killed 33 fellow prisoners in a violent clash that included beheadings, amputations and burned bodies. More than 100 other inmates and guards were hurt in the 36-hour riot ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A dozen guards were held hostage 35 years ago during one of the nation's deadliest prison riots. Some were brutally beaten and sexually assaulted as rioting prisoners ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A dozen guards were held hostage 35 years ago during one of the nation’s deadliest prison riots. Some were brutally beaten and sexually assaulted as rioting pri… ...

“I start the riot in the final scene of ‘The Blues Brothers,’” recalled Walsh in 2018 of his cameo in the film nearly 40 years earlier. “The part of the movie they were filming in L.A ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A dozen guards were held hostage 35 years ago during one of the nation’s deadliest prison riots. Some were brutally beaten and sexually assaulted as rioting prisoners ...