Date: Sunday, October 22, 1995  
Source: From Tribune Wires.   
Section: NEWS  
Parts: 8  
Dateline: GREENVILLE, Ill.    
Copyright Chicago Tribune

INMATE UPRISING ENDS AT U.S. PRISON IN ILLINOIS   

   Rioting inmates surrendered control of a prison dormitory Saturday, ending
a one-day uprising that began after the government ordered federal prisons
locked down nationwide.

   The surrender concluded the last confrontation between prison authorities
and inmates in several states who set fires, threw baseball bats and broke
windows.

   The disturbances began last week after Congress refused to reduce
penalties for crack convictions. The clashes started late Thursday at the
federal prison in Talladega, Ala., and spread to those in Memphis, Allenwood,
Pa., and this town 40 miles east of St. Louis.

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   A group of prison employees barricaded themselves inside one section until
a SWAT team rescued them late Friday. In all, 10 staff members suffered
injuries, mostly cuts and bruises. Three were treated at a hospital and
released; a fourth remained hospitalized in good condition.

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