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February 2, 2017

Delaware: Prisoners Launch Uprising to Demand Education & Rehabilitation
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In Delaware, prisoners at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in
Smyrna have launched an uprising, taking correctional officers hostage
and demanding improved education and rehabilitation services. The
rebellion began Wednesday morning, when some prisoners took four guards
hostage and issued their demands. At around 5 a.m. Thursday morning,
Delaware state police stormed the building. Authorities say one
corrections officer who was being held hostage is dead. This is a phone
call from inside the prison Wednesday. Listen carefully.

Prisoner: "Donald Trump, everything that he did, all the things that
he's doing now, we know that the institution is going to change for the
worse. We know the institution is going to change for the worse. We've
got demands that you need to pay attention to. Education. We want
education, first and foremost. We want a rehabilitation program that
works for everybody. We want the money to be allocated so we can know
exactly what's going on in the prison."



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