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KAOH5.8: McCall Prison Riot

By Andy Lindberg @andylindberg · On November 17, 2012
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In which we learn that Oregon Governor Tom McCall was a committed champion of prisoner’s rights, yet even he could not prevent riots and deadly escapes from Oregon’s prisons.

Find this episode’s playlist here.

We tried to interview current OSP Superintendent Jeff Premo about Prison Riots in Oregon, but he refused to speak with us. So The Resident Historian wrote a bitchy bloggy post that you can read right here.

And here is a link to the Famous Oregon JailBreaks! episode referenced in the above podcast.

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