Playbill

March, 1981

Last Year about this time, Santa Fe, New Mexico's quiet image as the artsy-craftsy capital of the Southwest went up in flames. Inmates of the New Mexico State Penitentiary had flown into a two-day rampage leaving 33 prisoners dead. Roger Morris, former White House staffer and a New Mexico resident, started looking for the story behind the bedlam and untangled the web of forces that produced the most savage prison riot in U.S. history. His article, Thirty-Six Hours at Santa Fe, is a terrifying lo...