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The Write Team Daily: "Folsom Prison Breakout"
September 19, 1937. Folsom, California.
Behind the towering granite walls of Folsom State Prison, seven desperate convicts launched a violent escape attempt that would become one of the deadliest episodes in the prison's history.
Armed with homemade weapons, the inmates seized Warden Clarence A. Larkin and Correctional Officer Roy G. Best as hostages and attempted to force their way toward freedom. Instead, the escape route became a deadly bottleneck. Gunfire erupted. When it ended, Larkin, Best, and two inmates were dead.
Five surviving participants were convicted of murder and sentenced to…
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