UNDER FIRE: Prison Siege

In 1987 an announcement by the U.S. Department of State triggered a massive uprising by Cuban prisoners.

Riots spilt over from the Oakdale Correctional Facility in Louisiana to Atlanta’s Maximum Security Penitentiary, and detainees took prison employees hostage for 13 tense days.

As a deranged guard-killer stalked the halls, the FBI’s elite hostage team joined forces with the top-secret Delta Force to take back control before it was too late.