Prisoners at New Mexico State Penitentiary
DateFebruary 1980
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions5 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (15 × 22.5 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPA2019.041.064
DescriptionFive prisoners huddle in blankets while looking through a chain-link fence at the New Mexico State Penitentiary in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Coils of barbed wire are in the foreground. One of the prison buildings is behind the men. Two typed captions are on the back of the photograph, one longer one in French and one shorter one in English which reads, "SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO Prisoners huddled in blankets stare through the fence at the New Mexico State Pentitentiary. Rioting began on Feb. 2 and lasted for 36 hours. Over 50 inmates are believed dead as a result of teh bloodbath. Some prisoners have charged that a Fascist group, "The Aryan Brotherhood" was responsible for the death of Chicano and Black inmates." Photograph by SvensktPressfotoOn View
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