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Bill · 2008-08-21T11:37:27Z

The only reason I know about this is because I was visiting somewhere yesterday where they have CNN. This story came on, there was no mention of who the 2 inmates were. Contrast that against when AB member Tom Silverstein killed that guard @ USP Marion in 1983. The media still talks about it to this very day. ~ [color="Red"]Atwater prison ending lockdown last updated: August 21, 2008 04:25:47 AM ATWATER -- U.S. Penitentiary Atwater has begun lifting a prisonwide lockdown that's been in place since two inmates stabbed and killed a correctional officer there two months ago, a prison spokesman said this week. "The institution has begun a slow, gradual transition period toward restoring institution operations," spokesman Miguel Chavez said Tuesday. Inmates are being allowed out of their cells in small groups for short periods of time under heavy supervision, Chavez said. Jose Rivera, a 22-year-old Navy veteran who had worked at USP Atwater less than a year, was killed June 20 by two inmates wielding a handmade weapon. The two inmates accused of stabbing him, James Leon Guerrero and Jose Cabrera Sablan, were charged by federal prosecutors with first-degree murder last week. They could face the death penalty. The prison ordered a lockdown immediately after the attack. Until this week, USP Atwater's 1,100 inmates haven't been allowed to see visitors, make phone calls or leave their cells except to shower. On Monday, the prison began allowing inmates outside their cells for one-hour stretches, one tier at a time, correctional officers said. A tier includes 16 cells, with one or two inmates per cell. Inmates are taking some of their meals outside of their cells, Chavez said. They are allowed to make phone calls, though visitors still are prohibited and inmates are not attending classes or going to work inside the institution. Chavez said the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, the federal agency that oversees federal prisons, sent 21 employees from other institutions across the country to assist USP Atwater as it transitions from lockdown status. more... http://www.modbee.com/local/story/400874.html