We should. however. also take note of the dramatic events which were unfolding simultaneously at the Federal Correctional Institute in Talladega. AL. when 121 angry inmates seized control of the facility and took 10 employees hostage. leading to a perilous standoff with law enforcement officials. The uprising itself began on August 20. when Cuban detainees took 10 hostages at the prison to protest their eminent deportation. they had exhausted all appeals and had little to lose by employing violence to fight this extradition. The siege lasted for 10 tense and emotional days. as the entire Talladega community and State rallied in support. The uprising came to a climax in the early morning hours of August 30. when all deliberative attempts to secure the hostages release proved futile.
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