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On Friday, July 27, 1973, two records were set: (1) The temperature climbed to 96 degrees, the hottest day recorded that year and (2) a riot at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary became the worst prison riot in US history. Read the true accounts. Four inmates died and twenty-three hostages were seized; several employees were injured, and some never recovered. Twelve years later, it happened again; this time, the reason for the riot centered on one primary issue-control, and who should have it. Order was restored; the inmates were locked down and confined to their cells, as it remains today nearly three decades later. In 1988, a riot broke out at the Mack Alford Correctional Center over a simple burglary. Hostages were taken and buildings were set ablaze. In 1983, at the Dick Conner Correctional Center, an inmate was shot and killed during a riot when the facility kitchen ran out of food on a hot August day. DAN REYNOLDS uses first-hand knowledge to describe in detail the true events of the four major riots in Oklahoma history. See the unique and rare collection of over 200 photographs collected by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Oklahoma National Guard, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Oklahoma Historical Society, and those taken by the author himself.

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