July 23, 2008
Pontiac Correctional Center: “Remembering a nightmare”
Saturday, July 22, 1978, began as a peaceful day. Pontiac residents were going about their typical Saturday routine, some were playing golf, some were shopping. Lawns were being mowed.
Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Nothing, that is, until about 9:45 a.m.
It was at that time when armed inmates began a riot that lasted for most of the day. Three guards were killed and three more injured in what has been described as the worst riot in Illinois Department of Corrections history…
LINK - PontiacDailyLeader.com
