New Mexico to hold tours of 1980 prison riot site

The Associated Press The Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. The site of a violent 1980 riot at the state's maximum-security penitentiary near Santa Fe will be opened to the public by the New Mexico Corrections Department. The state will begin offering public tours Thursday of the infamous "Old Main" prison building, the Albuquerque Journal reported (http://bit.ly/wlb60s ). Thursday is the ...

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History of violence: State to give tours of prison known for deadly 1980 riot

The Old Main prison south of Santa Fe is cold and dark, with rusty metal, broken glass and fire-stained walls where a bloody prison riot left 33 prisoners dead 32 years ago this week.