Hardcore Hate
March, 2001
A major prison riot occurred in west Texas at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Smith Unit in April 2000. It was a race riot, started when a hispanic prisoner confronted a black inmate who was masturbating in front of a female corrections officer (it's a common practice called "killin' dat ho"). About 300 black and hispanic prisoners squared off, some battling with garden tools. It took 300 guards six hours to bring the conflagration under control. One inmate died from a picka...
