Uprising, The Vaughn 17 Hardcover

On February 1, 2017, inmates took control of James T Vaughn Correction Institution. The siege lasted over 17 hours, and in the end, One Correctional Officer was dead. What followed was the swift indictments of 7 inmates believed to be responsible for the riot. The states Star witness was Royal Downs, a convicted murder and gang leader- turned informant.
As the facts of the case came to light, Royal Downs story unraveled, and the men once believed to be guilty, were in reality victims.
This is the true story of the men who stood accused.