Category

Prison massacres

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September Massacres

Wave of killings in France in 2–7 Sept. 1792 during the French Revolution, in which half the prison population of Paris (that is, approximately 1200–1400 people) were summarily executed

August Uprising

1924 failed insurrection against Soviet rule in the Georgian SSR

Olenivka prison explosion

killing of the prisoners of war during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Attica Prison riot

1971 prisoner riot at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, USA

Carandiru massacre

1992 massacre in the Carandiru penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil

Battle of Qala-i-Jangi

2001 prisoner uprising in Afghanistan

Támara prison riot

deadly 2023 arson and disorder in Honduras

2019 Altamira prison riot

2017 Manaus prison riot

criminal gang conflict in Brazil

Jilava massacre

1940 massacre in Romania

Saada prison airstrike

2022 Airstrike in Yemen

Massacre in the Mokotów prison

War crime during the Warsaw Uprising

March 14, 1891 lynchings

murder of eleven Italians imprisoned for their alleged role in the assassination of the local police chief

Badush prison massacre

Terrorist attack

Amazonas prison massacres

2019 Incident in Brazil

November 2021 Guayaquil prison riot

prison riot in Ecuador

Cárcel Modelo massacre

1936 incident in Madrid