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By the time it was over, more than 100 people were injured and $15 million worth of damage had been done.
And a small-scale war had been fought inside the fences of the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill.
Thirty years ago, from Oct. 25 to 27, 1989, the eyes of the state and nation were focused on that embattled lockup in Cumberland County.
Even as the smoke was still wafting from the wrecked buildings and the wounds were being bandaged from the two consecutive riots, lessons were being learned.
Camp Hill prison riots echo through Pa.’s corrections system 30 years later: ‘It looked like Vietnam’
The anniversary of the 2 consecutive riots is this weekend.
And a small-scale war had been fought inside the fences of the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill.
Thirty years ago, from Oct. 25 to 27, 1989, the eyes of the state and nation were focused on that embattled lockup in Cumberland County.
Even as the smoke was still wafting from the wrecked buildings and the wounds were being bandaged from the two consecutive riots, lessons were being learned.
Camp Hill prison riots echo through Pa.’s corrections system 30 years later: ‘It looked like Vietnam’
The anniversary of the 2 consecutive riots is this weekend.
