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San Quentin Riot Not A Race Riot
By sfgate.com
Published: 10/05/2010

The reality of California's overcrowded prisons is something our street team member Richard Gilliam lives daily. He's an inmate at San Quentin State Prison, and he corresponds with us through letters about the issues he witnesses from inside. In August, a violent riot broke out in nearby Folsom Prison:

All Folsom prison remains on lockdown tonight after a riot involving as many as 200 inmates. Seven inmates were transported to hospitals ... big question tonight, what exactly started this riot? Officials do not know that but investigation is underway tonight to find out...

In a recent letter, Gilliam says he thinks the mainstream media never get to the real cause of such riots. KALW's Brian Pelletier reads Gilliam's dispatch from behind bars.

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