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On January 24, 1932, there was a major disturbance at the prison.
The cause of the riots is generally attributed to the food, not generally but just on specific days when it was suspected it had been tampered with prior to the disturbance.
There had also been other instances of disobedience prior to this, according to the official Du Parcq report into the incident such as a model prisoner attacking a popular guard with a razor blade and rough treatment of a prisoner being removed to solitary.
At the parade later that day, 50 prisoners refused orders, and the rest were marched back to their cells but refused to enter.
At this point, the prison governor and his staff fled to an unused part of the prison and secured themselves in there.
The prisoners then released those held in solitary.
There was extensive damage to property, but no prison staff were injured, although a prisoner was shot by one of the staff.
According to Fitzgerald ( 1977 ) " Reinforcements arrived, and within fifteen minutes these ' vicious brutes ', who for some two hours had terrorized well-armed prison staff, and effectively controlled the prison, had surrendered and been locked up again ".

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