Crisis call: phoning the hostage taker: 'body alarm in the kitchen!'.
Corrections Today › Vol. 69 Nbr. 3, June 2007
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Crisis call: phoning the hostage taker: 'body alarm in the kitchen!'.
With this announcement starts the beginning of a protracted standoff between two inmates and correctional staff. The inmates have taken the food service supervisor hostage in her office and barricaded the doors and windows. Because her office was designed to keep inmates out, it now becomes a fortress to keep responding help from entering. First responders confirm the hostage takers have knives, and their identities leave no doubt they are willing to use them on the supervisor should their demands not be met.
Hostage situations in prison may develop spontaneously, such as when inmates are caught in the act of doing something illegal, or they may be planned...See the full content of this document
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