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MATTER OF WILLIAMS v. COUGHLIN

190 A.D.2d 883 (1993)

In the Matter of Kali Williams, Petitioner, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of The Department of Correctional Services, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

February 4, 1993

Mercure, J.

Just before noon on May 28, 1991, 53 inmates confined to the special housing unit (hereinafter SHU) at Southport Correctional Facility in Chemung County left their outdoor recreational pens in the facility's A-Block and took control of the outdoor exercise yard and the staircase leading to A-Block's roof. Five correction officers were assaulted, threatened and taken hostage by the inmates, who remained in full control of the yard for almost...

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