A Netflix series exploring hostage situations premiered this weekend with an episode telling the story of the deadly prison riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville in 1993.
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Lucasville warden Art Tate was also interviewed, and said: 鈥淚 still get a little emotional about it. I really wanted to do the best I could do down there.鈥�
The episode mixes in re-enactments with footage from the state and from broadcast news programs to explain how the riot was sparked, and how a guard and nine inmates ended up dead.
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