La Mesa prison

La Mesa prison is a penitentiary in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, near the Mexico–United States border. It is located in the La Mesa section of the city.

Sister Antonia Brenner, a Catholic nun, lived with the inmates of La Mesa Prison for over thirty years, and was called "La mama" or the "Prison Angel."^[1]

September 2008 riots

In September 2008, there were two riots. The September 13 riot, in which three inmates were killed, was caused by upset over the death of an inmate in a prison search for drugs and weapons. The September 18 riot, which killed 19 and injured 12, was caused by frustration of the inmates not being given any water since the first riot.^[2]

References

↑ Marosi, Richard (2013-10-17). "Sister Antonia Brenner dies at 86; nun moved into Tijuana prison to tend to inmates". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
↑ Mexican jail riot leaves 19 dead - BBC News

Coordinates: 32°30′23″N 116°58′10″W / 32.50639°N 116.96944°W / 32.50639; -116.96944

Prison riots and uprisings

Before 2000	1804 Castle Hill convict rebellion 1943 Featherston prisoner of war camp riot 1943 Sobibór extermination camp uprising 1943 Janowska concentration camp riot 1944 Cowra breakout 1946 Battle of Alcatraz 1953 Norilsk uprising 1953 Vorkuta uprising 1954 Kengir uprising 1959 Montana State Prison riot 1971 Kingston Penitentiary riot 1971 Attica Prison riot 1974 Huntsville Prison siege 1976 HM Prison Hull riot 1980 New Mexico State Penitentiary riot 1985 Badaber Uprising 1985 Oklahoma State Penitentiary riot 1986 West Virginia State Penitentiary riot 1986 Peruvian prison massacres 1987 Atlanta prison riots 1988 Fremantle Prison riot 1989 SCI Camp Hill Pennsylvania riots 1989 Polish prison riots 1990 Strangeways Prison riot 1990 Southport Correctional Facility riot 1991 Federal Correctional Institution, Talladega riot 1992 Carandiru massacre 1993 Southern Ohio Correctional Facility riot 1997 Khujand prison riot

From 2000	2000 F-type Prisons strike and riots 2001 Battle of Qala-i-Jangi 2003 Eagle Mountain riot 2004 Arizona State Prison Complex – Lewis riot 2006 North County Correctional Facility riot 2007 New Castle Correctional Facility riot 2008 La Mesa Prison riot 2009 Mexico prison riot 2011 HM Prison Ford riot 2012 Altamira prison brawl 2012 Apodaca prison riot 2012 Caracas prison riot 2012 Welikada prison riot 2013 Uribana prison riot 2013 Palmasola prison riot 2015 Kaohsiung Prison riot 2016 Topo Chico prison riot 2016 Agricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo riot

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