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Crawlspace - True Crime & Mysteries

346 // Camp Hill Prison Riot w/ Suave & Kevin

Crawlspace - True Crime & Mysteries

Crawlspace Media

Society & Culture, True Crime, News

4.1 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by old friends Kevin McCracken and Pulitzer Prize winner, David Luis #Suave Gonzalez. Kevin & Suave produce and host the tour de force show, Death By Incarceration. They are embarking upon an 8 part series which shines a scrutinizing spotlight on the October 25th, 1989 Camp Hill Prison Riot at the correctional institution in Camp Hill PA. As a prisoner at the time of the riots, Suave details the circumstances, mistreatment, abuse & corruption which led to this violent event. For more information on the Camp Hill Riot, check out: https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/remembering-camp-hill-riot. Photos used in the video version of this episode are credited to: Allied Pix for The Patriot-News. Check out all the photos at: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/10/using-a-sprinkling-can-to-put-out-a-raging-fire-the-camp-hill-prison-riots-32-years-ago.html Listen to Death By Incarceration on: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/death-by-incarceration/id1558992420 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7AEl749NghJTWkjrQcCeS8 Follow DBI on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/dbincarceration IG: https://www.facebook.com/deathbyincarceration/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod  Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound  Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/ Follow Private Investigations For the Missing https://investigationsforthemissing.org/ http://piftm.org/donate https://twitter.com/PIFortheMissing https://www.facebook.com/PIFortheMissing/ https://www.instagram.com/investigationsforthemissing/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.

0:30.0

Welcome to Crawl Space. I'm Tim here today with Lance. Lance, are you today?

0:39.0

Doing great today, Tim. We have a couple of very good friends coming up that I'm sure our

0:43.0

audience will enjoy and I hope our audience is doing well on this fine day in January.

0:48.0

How are you doing, Tim?

0:49.0

I'm doing great. Thanks a lot for asking.

0:51.0

You're welcome.

0:52.0

You're welcome. I'm excited to speak with our two guests today.

0:55.0

Of course, it is Suave from the hit podcast Suave and the other hit podcast death by incarceration.

1:03.0

He is on with his friend and co host Kevin McCracken.

1:07.0

You can find out everything they do on death by incarceration at deathbuyingcarcerationpodcast.com.

1:13.0

But Lance, today we're here to discuss the Camp Hill Prison Riot with these two gentlemen.

1:20.0

And why is this relevant to Suave and to Kevin?

1:24.0

Well, Suave was in the prison on October 25th, 1989 when this riot took place.

1:30.0

And I'm sorry, I need to make a correction.

1:32.0

Pollitzer Prize winner Suave Gonzales was in this prison on October 25th, 1989 when this riot took place in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania,

1:42.0

which resulted in the injury of 69 staff members, 41 inmates, and the entire place was pretty much trashed and burned to the point of significant disrepair.

1:53.0

And to hear Suave's experience in the prison is not only fascinating, it's kind of horrific when he describes how it all started.

2:04.0

Now, the misconception is that prisoners started this, but that's not the case at all.

2:08.0

And there's show death by incarceration is going to be going into probably an eight-part series dedicated specifically to this prison riot.

2:16.0

I can't wait. I heard the first part and it is a fascinating story and especially hearing it directly from Suave adds an extra layer of authenticity.

2:26.0

Tim, you mentioned the website. You can also follow them on Twitter at dbincarceration and Instagram at deathbuyingcarceration.

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