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  1. State Correctional Institution – Camp Hill - Wikipedia

    The morning of October 27, Pennsylvania State Troopers stormed the prison, rescued five hostages, and regained control of the prison. [8] According to officials, the state police stormed …

  2. MG-451. H. CRAIG LEWIS PAPERS, 1974-1992 - phmc.state.pa.us

    The riot resulted in 120 injuries to prison employees and inmates. Much of the prison was destroyed, requiring the relocation of more than one thousand inmates to other federal prisons …

  3. WGAL Original report from 1989: The Camp Hill Prison riots

    Three days of rioting happened at the Camp Hill state prison in 1989. By the time the riots ended, 138 corrections officers had been injured, as well as 70 inmates. Inmates set fires and went...

  4. Remembering the Camp Hill Riot | Office of Justice Programs

    After describing the 1989 inmate riot at the 2,600-bed State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, Pa., this article profiles the occupational stress experienced by correctional personnel in the …

  5. Camp Hill prison riots in 1989: 'It looked like Vietnam.'

    On Oct. 25, 1989, a riot started in the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill in Lower Allen Twp. When the uprising was finally quelled on Oct. 27, more than 100 people were injured ...

  6. Inmates at Holmesburg prison stage uprising - UPI Archives

    Oct 28, 1989 · A three-day riot at the State Correctional Facility at Camp Hill, outside Harrisburg, ended Friday morning after at least 118 prison employees, firefighters and inmates were injured.

  7. Pennsylvania police search for 9 teens who escaped detention ...

    Sep 18, 2023 · Just days after ending a weeks-long manhunt for an escaped prisoner, authorities in Pennsylvania were back on the chase for nine teens who fled from a detention center …

  8. Pennsylvania Prison Riot Ends; 3 Seriously Injured

    Oct 28, 1989 · There were no deaths or escapes, officials said, but more than 100 people were injured in the battle to take back the medium-security prison. Police officers firing guns and …

  9. Three inmates charged in Pa. prison riot - Corrections1

    Aug 15, 2015 · STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Three inmates have been charged in relation to an April riot at Houtzdale state prison that injured five corrections officers and resulted in the facility …

  10. 25 years later, new guards get reminder of Camp Hill riots - WITF

    Oct 27, 2014 · 138 correctional staff and 70 inmates were injured in the riots lasting three days in 1989 at the Camp Hill state prison in Cumberland County. State troopers stormed the facility …