WGAL Original report from 1989: The Camp Hill Prison riots

Three days of rioting happened at the Camp Hill state prison in 1989. By the time the riots ended, 138 corrections officers had been injured, as well as 70 inmates. Inmates set fires and went on a vandalism spree, destroying 14 of the prison's 31 buildings. Overcrowding was a factor, as the prison housed more than double the number of inmates for which it was designed. After the riots, the state spent millions of dollars repairing and improving the prison.
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