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Nearly 100 PA Prisoners Escaped Their Cells, In Attempted Uprising, Authorities Say Nearly 100 PA Prisoners Escaped Their Cells, In Attempted Uprising, Authorities Say
Nearly 100 PA Prisoners Escaped Their Cells, In Attempted Uprising, Authorities Say Nearly 100 prison inmates at a Pennsylvania prison escaped from their cells in an attempted uprising on Wednesday night, according to authorities. Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center inmates staged an uprising, starting in a unit with only one guard stationed, according to NBC10. The incident was under control within a few hours and all 87 inmates involved were back in their cells by early Thursday morning, according to Action News ABC6. The incident started when one inmate broke his cell window, reaching out of it and unlocking his door and then proceeded to go around unlock the o…

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by Jillian Pikora