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Today in True Crime

November 21, 1987: Oakdale Prison Siege

Today in True Crime

Parcast

Education, True Crime, History

4.42.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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After news broke that Cuban inmates were subject to new deportation orders, detainees at a federal prison in Louisiana united in an attempt to overtake the prison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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go to amazon.com.uk.U.K. slash prime. Today is Saturday, November 21st, 2020. On this day in 1987, Cuban detainees at a federal

0:43.0

prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, rioted, took hostages, and set off an eight-day siege.

1:00.7

Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast. Due to the graphic nature of today's crimes, listener discretion is advised.

1:06.0

Today we're covering the beginning of a tenuous eight-day prison siege. After news broke that Cuban inmates were subject to new deportation orders,

1:15.6

detainees at Louisiana's federal detention center in Oakdale

1:19.1

united in an attempt to overtake the prison.

1:22.8

Let's go back to the morning of November 21, 1987.

1:27.1

The morning of November 21, 1987.

1:38.3

Word had spread like wildfire around the prison. A new diplomatic agreement was going into effect immediately.

1:42.3

The day before, the U.S. government had announced

1:45.8

that Cuban prisoners may be deported back to their country, even if some were close to parole

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