This week we discuss all the events leading up to the New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot. Our first part of the riot coverage digs into the terrible conditions, tension with guards, & how inmates were unable to effect change through non-violent methods.     To support Murder Dictionary & get access to rewards, perks, & merch, please visit our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MurderDictionaryPodcast   If you’d like shirts, mugs, phone cases, & other merch, you can shop at https://murderdictionary.threadless.com/    This episode has been edited by Dimitris Kokkos. Contact him at mypodcasthero.com for all of your audio, production, & editing needs.   Please rate, review, subscribe & follow us on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter to stay updated on new episodes, true crime tidbits, & the best true crime memes.   MURDER DICTIONARY LINKS: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/murderdictionarypodcast/  Facebook : https://facebook.com/Murder-Dictionary-Podcast-1202280266480382/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/m_d_podcast iTunes : https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/murder-dictionary/id1169967004      NEW MEXICO STATE PENITENTIARY LINKS: https://unresolved.me/new-mexico-state-penitentiary-riot-part-one-powder-keg    https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/72933NCJRS.pdf    https://www.radford.edu/~junnever/articles/prison.htm    https://www.koat.com/article/inmate-recalls-grisly-1980-new-mexico-prison-riot/5056600    https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Butcher-Shop-Mexico-Uprising/dp/0826310621    https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Factory-First-Hand-Account-Penitentiary/dp/0595366694    https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jmabmx/getting-read-the-riot-act-0000774-v22n10    http://newmexicohistory.org/people/riot-at-the-penitentiary-new-mexico-1980