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located all those who had been involved in riots and hostage-taking at Peterhead in an attempt to stabilise the entire prison estate. The 60 inmates involved were initially held in "lockdown" under prison rule 36 which meant the governor had to visit each one every day. The repairs cost £55 million
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Peterhead already had a reputation for disturbances with a riot the previous year, earning it the nickname among inmates as the "Hate Factory" or "Scottish Alcatraz".
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Discontent was widespread amongst prisoners, especially those with long-term sentences, with one in 1984 commenting of being "in limbo - the living dead."
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In preceding year there had been a number of riots and roof top protests by inmates in neighbouring prisons such as at
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The prison was overcrowded and without proper sanitation such as toilets within cells, forcing inmates to
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The prisoners were largely city-dwelling Roman Catholics policed by mostly rural-based Protestants.
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