Friday, September 7, 1973 THE MICHIGAN DAILY r 6ge ICI i n e Friday, September 7, 973 VHE MICHIGAN DAILY i~ Ggei~4 me TMt c r xrt:;:...=.. Joliet inmates seize 10 justice Douglas guards, JOLIET, Ill. ,P) - Ten prison1 guards were taken hostage yester- day by a group of about 270 in-+ mates at Stateville Penitentiary. Authorities said some of the re- belling prisoners were armed with homemade knives. There were no reports of in- juries, but prison Supt. Vernon Revis said, "some of my people' saw knives." -HE SAID the rebelling inmates were in cellhouse B, which he stat- ed contains chronic troublemakers. "It's tense, it's very tense," said K. J. Grimmett, a guard captain at the prison. "They've got the hostages and they've got the doors barred. It's touch and go right now." More than 100 off-duty guards were mustered in an attempt to, ward off additional trouble. Grim- mett said about 20 of these were ordered to ring the walls of the prison. T H E INMATES asked for a meeting with officials of the Illi- 11 Justice Douglas h . In hospital SEATTLE OIP - U. S. Supreme Court Justice William Douglas was hospitalized yesterday with what a spokesman described as stomach flu. black in order to reflect the in- mate population's racial break- down. The list also included a demand to release 150 inmates from a special program for hard-nosed prisoners, an end to a special de- tention unit, and the appointment of blacks as cell captains and sen- ior officers on the security force. A PRISON CHAPLAIN said there was some damage to doors inside the cellhouse where the up- rising occurred. The cellhouse where the host- ages were held contains 397 in- mates, a prison spokesman said. At first, only about 150 were thought to be participating in the disturb- ance, but authorities said later that about 270 inmates were involved. The Stateville prison complex in- cludes circular cellhouses, each with four tiers of cells overlook- ing a central area used by guards. The hostages were held in a sin- issue demands gle, long cellblock in one of the cellhouses. ABOUT A DOZEN members of the national Prisoners Solidarity Committee marched outside the walls of the massive, red brick prison. They carried signs support- ing the prisoners' demands. Conditions at the penitentiary were criticized in a report released Aug. 16 by the corrections depart- ment. The report listed Stateville among Illinois prisons whose fa- cilities are understaffed, "old, cramped and crowded." The report also called for an end to "inmate slavery," the prac- tice of assigning inmates to do household work for prison em- ployes, THE REPORT described medi- cal facilities at the prison as too small, dirty and using "ancient" equipment. It recommended the hospital at the prison be razed and a new facility built. 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Earlier, the was "stable" but added Douglas spokesman quoted the inmates as probably would be held for two or saying they did not want to harm three days for observation. anyone. "He is getting along okay,"anoe Pope said, "but they haven't pin- The maximum security prison 30 pointed the extent of any other miles northeast of Chicago houses problems he might have, so they about 1,700 mmates. don't want to say 'good'." Inmates at the Indiana State "IT DIDN'T seem that terribly Prison at Michigan City, Ind., serious," Pope said, "but they sie he ursls ekn didn't want to put a label on it that seized three guards last weekend soon. and held them hostage for four Douglas was placed in the coro- days before, releasing them un- i s 10" TEFLON 11' * . '. 1, aiJ00"HOPPERS nary care unit of the hospital, said Randy Kobernick, another spokes- man. But, she said, that is because of Douglas' history as a heart pa- tient. "He's had a history of heart problems and that's probably why he's there. 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