1980 Santa Fe Prison Riot

HEWho-Petically we shall speak with you. You shall speak with you. Elliot's image of his beautiful eyes, and Mattichets, is actually presently prureau-ordering. ello-pedal names and couldn't celebrate his grandmas celebration. At his daily prison news briefing, the governor said that Senator Pete Domenici has contacted White House officials about federal aid. It would be emergency money to get the prison back into shape. This was a type of disaster that the federal government had always dissipated in and something that was in the best interest of the nation as well as New Mexico. We thought that this would be the time that we should mention that we could use emergency assistance. The governor also said that the possibility of a special session has diminished because of quick action on House Bill 275, that's the bill funding more than $80 million for

the prison and corrections and rehabilitation department. At the Capitol, all over New Mexico News 13. Today prison officials announced that only one inmate remains unaccounted for in the wake of last weekend's bloody prison takeover. University of New Mexico anthropologist continued to come through the burned out gymnasium, searching for bones. But officials say so far the death toll still stands at 33. Today prison personnel continue to work on getting inmates moved out of the complex, moved to county jails and prisons in other states. Officials said they hope to have 500 moved out by tomorrow and another 100 moved out by next week. That will leave about 500 minutes in the state penitentiary at Santa Fe. While prison officials and the governor's office is sticking to the death count as 33,

inflicting reports continue to put that number far higher. With different numbers still coming out, officials admit it could be weeks before they finally know just how many lived and how many died inside the penitentiary. Keenan Block, New Mexico News 13. Direct, it's a very sad thing that happened at the state penitentiary, however I believe like the judge mentioned is that a lot of good things might come out of it that would benefit children that are referred to our system. I believe that any kind of a film strip that is placed out by any radio station or television station involving the massacre that took place in within the prison could be turned into

an educational training film and should be shown to the public school systems to any groups that might be interested in viewing that film. Of course that to me personally would be a great deterrent for some of these kids that we see day in and day out in our system. Why don't Felix is coming back so we'll just ask him when he gets there. You want the stretchers to get the dead people? And the hurt people? There's about 15 dead and there's about six injured knee sutures on their face and I mean they're really bashed in pretty bad and they've soaked through two towels already one guy I know and he said I said you need stitches on that man you better go to hospital

he says I can't go that'll shoot me and there's right now what we're seeing here this is probably killing going on now. Once we release all the hostage isn't then we'll have no play besides your word and touch the fact that we're here and we're here and he hasn't come back in his word with me. We hear the last time that the man were marched in in strip to the hands over the head and everybody just hit him with belly clubs and all that's what happened the last time and that's the kind of retaliation that these inmates don't want. She does explain possible and we can get a lawyer in here make this all legal like that way if something comes down I'm not saying that maybe you'll go back on your word because I doubt it or Mr. Montoya or anything but it always looks better in black and white

but we could say well you look at here this is what the gave us it's not just hearsay you know what I mean or maybe nine stretches we'll have to make a double a double take on it because there's about 18 who are dead I presume about 18 inmates dead and the hostages are doing fairly well as far as I go every every 10 minutes or every 15 minutes to go check on him. I don't run nothing in this penitentiary I'm just doing my time but yet because I have got college education the guys want me to be become an mediator friend. And it's not that we're some modern ordinary or anything you just said not too many people like to come and talk to you to the man or anything saying but if somebody don't come and do it then it's got to be it's going to just resort to more human and I think there's been enough of this and I'm personally myself I don't want to see no more killings and I like to just get all this taken care of as soon as possible the easiest way possible without

no more violence. Mr. Rodriguez say I go to mediation hearing once a month in Mr. Rodriguez. I propose this in our mediation hearing. We do not make inmates using pipes and homemade knives seize the prison in the middle of the night setting mattress fires that burn throughout the day a number of guards and inmates were injured in the takeover about a dozen guards were being held inside as hostages with inmate spokesman saying the guards would be killed if police moved in. New Mexico's governor Bruce King vowed to deal with the takeover in what he called a dignified and humane way but warned that there are contingency plans he refused to elaborate. Several hundred Santa Fe police state troopers and national guardsmen surrounded the facility

which houses eleven hundred inmates eight of whom are women. The facility was built to hold about nine hundred prisoners. Inmate representatives held face to face talks with prison officials then asked to speak with members of the news media that request was granted to New Mexico newsmen world out in. Officials are not sure what prompted to take over or exactly what the prisoners demands might be news media attention was said to be one objective and according to one inmate the prisoners no longer want to be quote treated like kids. Mary Peterson CBS news albacarkey we're going to keep the car. At this hour you understand the demands what are they you understand.

At this time I'm not aware of what their demands are at this time this is what records have been destroyed there are some indication that records have been destroyed from the fires in this type of what will that mean to you that'll create some problems for us in terms of reconstructing the records in this type of thing but there are each of the court jurisdiction does in fact have records similar to what we have here in probation and parole have records so it's not as serious as it might look on the surface not at this time. He went in approximately 45 minutes ago no he was he came in earlier but an hour and a half ago and I chose him as a representative to go in and it's just the decision that

I made I didn't want to we want to one representative there and that was my decision yes I don't want to give that information out again there's some concerns that I have there on some security concerns on actually disclosing numbers and but as we can give you the scenario was surrounded but what was going on behind the walls remained a mystery the inmates gained control by using homemade weapons fires were started throughout the prison facility apparently by inmates lighting mattresses and burning prison records the inmates demanded they be allowed to talk to governor Bruce King and reporters so they could air their grievances two newsmen were allowed inside the prison compound in Mexico news 13's John Andrews and radio reporter Ernie Mills shortly after that governor King met with newsman and gave them the grizzly details understanding that there's possibly as many as ten fatalities that are in cell brought five what would you be prepared to actually store the prison and take it well I don't want to take any rash action with regards to doing that now there's still lives

it's taken there and I think that you know you can be very impulsively and do that and jeopardize that right now we're trying to show good faith we're trying to again mediate this particular thing out and see what the concerns are see if we can reach a reasonable decision on things but prison officials did have some good news for at least a few of those who showed up today prison officials say they now have all the inmates inside they're receiving bedding clothing two hot meals a day and medical care if they need it last night they reported there was some outbreaks of violence in one cell block inmates there started fires and they caused some flooding but they say all that's now under control and the warden Jerry Griffin announced that those so-called trouble makers have been shipped out of the prison helicopters dropped tents blankets and jackets to the inmates so they would not freeze in the recreation yard state legislators began to arrive in the early evening and negotiate with inmates and as the evening progressed three of the injured hostages were released other injured inmates were also released between midnight and 6 a.m. little happened although there were rumors at that time of newsmen being exchanged

for hostages this failed to come about by 8 a.m. negotiations had begun again with newsmen participating along with other negotiators by mid-morning governor king announced some progress and at noon a number of hostages were released by 2 p.m. the hostages were down to three and at 2 p.m. the National Guard and State Police moved in without firing a shot scores of guardsmen and police special teams entered the grounds of the smoldering prison and ended the siege Bill Yeager and Yamaixiko News 13 What bothered me the most number one were the bodies the mutilation of the bodies the torching the burning there I was in World War II in the Marine Corps and I've seen a lot of bad things in my life and I don't remember anything is bad or worse than this as far as bodies were concerned prison officials say it may be days before identification

of all the bodies can be made so for some of these families the misery of waiting is far from over Linda Thorn New Mexico News 13 25 year old Juan Bustos arrived home to his wife and son in Espanola Sunday morning he had been held hostage 22 hours most of that time spent handcuffed blindfolded and lying nude on a mattress this is film taken late Saturday night when Bustos was released he was suffering from numerous cuts and bruises after being beaten periodically throughout the day he was the sixth hostage to be released that freedom won by reporters John Andrews and Ernie Mills who negotiated with the inmates Bustos won't say much about his ordeal the Santa Fe district attorney has asked that as much evidence as possible be kept secret until after investigations are completed Bustos will say however that he had never been so frightened in his entire life I was wondering whether I was going to live long after I had been stabbed

in the throat or whatever or how long it would take me to die after I'd been hit hard on the head or whatever I was imagining what kind of what it would feel like to actually be stabbed I was I had a desperate feeling inside of me I just can't explain it. Bustos says he doesn't know if he will go back to work at the prison that's a decision which will take a long time to make he says he used to enjoy his work but now he doesn't know if he could do it again in Espanola Marsha Simmons New Mexico news 13. Well there's some crazy there's some people there that ought to need help that need to be in a psychiatric hospital rather than a penitentiary that received no there's some people that received no help you know whatsoever as far as you know the kind of help they need.

Phone call with her husband earlier this week he said of last weekend's event it was just horrible Connie Griffin New Mexico news 13. So hopefully more people involved in handling of persons involved in crime will begin to think of positive ways to benefit from the tragedy at Santa Fe Rex Munger to Mexico news 13. It's Let's go.

Yeah. the I'm sorry, but we're doing pretty good, so here's to the faith, okay? Where's your... Governor, how are the negotiations going? Well, they're going great this morning. We've got over 700 of the inmates or close to 700 that we have out and we have half of the guards out, half of the hostages and we have seven left.

We think we're getting the other seven, hopefully very shortly, negotiating and we have been quite several, over 700 of the inmates that we have in the yards and we're coming along quite well this morning. We've made a lot of progress since about seven, thirty this morning. Any projections of 200 in? Well, we hope today. Why'd you make so much progress today? Well, it just seems to be working out better. We did a lot of hard work yesterday and made a lot of contacts. So we feel that things are going much, much better this morning. Are there any concessions or... Well, we haven't had any concessions that you wouldn't expect. It's just mostly the thing we were doing anyway, rehabilitating and working with the inmates. They felt that they were being treated as kids, as the statements they used to me and they wanted to be treated at Avdolson. Certainly, we're doing that and we're doing the things that we should be doing. They wanted to bring in an FBI man, a federal man and we certainly have no objection to that.

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