Kevin S. Giles Message Board 1/14/2006 4:29:41 AM
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Jerry's Riot: The True Story of Montana's 1959 Prison Disturbance
Jerry Myles, a convict at Alcatraz Island and several other federal and state prisons, came to Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge in the summer of 1958 on a burglary conviction. Inside the prison he became a "con boss," which means he was in charge of other convicts who worked in the garment factory. Soon after Myles arrived, a reform warden named Floyd Powell took charge of the prison. Powell stripped Myles and other con bosses of their authority, whic...
