On Friday, July 27, 1973, two records were set that day.
The temperature climbed to 96 degrees, the hottest day recorded that year, and a riot at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary became the worst prison riot in U.
history.
Read the true accounts: four inmates died, and twenty-three hostages were seized; several employees were injured, and some never recovered.
Dan M.
Reynolds retired from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections in 2011, after serving 31 years.
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| Accounts | Four inmates died and twentythree hostages were seized |
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