El Dorado Correctional Facility, Butler County, Kansas
June 29, 2017
When prisoners are released from lockdown following their rebellion earlier in the week, they immediately begin a protest of prison conditions. Around 120 prisoners occupy the prison yard and refuse orders to return to their cells. They break into an office and distribute “security and office equipment” amongst themselves.
El Dorado Correctional Facility, Butler County, Kansas (Photo: ky.gov).
Citations:
“El Dorado prison disturbance resulted in fire, gang fight; led to second uprising”, The Topeka Capital Journal, November 1, 2017.