Tactical Responses To Prison Riots

Immediate force is used as a first response to a disturbance. When using immediate force, personnel rush in to defend or retake areas of the prison without waiting for the riot to grow in size. The key to achieving the desired result is the speed in which the adequate number of personnel can be deployed, equipped, and organized. An advantage to the use of immediate force is that it can hinder the inmates’ ability to become organized in making weapons, fortifying their position, and from recruiting additional participating inmates and increasing the size of the riot. Pain and suffering felt by the hostages, if any are taken, will also be limited as the result of immediate force.

Yet another advantage of immediate action is that it takes away the inmates’ opportunity to promise to themselves an

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