Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois
End of Watch Tuesday, November 23, 1965
Add to My HeroesArthur L. Kisro
Lieutenant Arthur Kisro, Lieutenant Lewis Paul and Correctional Officer George Wilson were killed during a riot at the Menard Correctional Center.
The incident started when a flaming bottle filled with lacquer thinner was thrown at a guard tower, where the officer there was severely burned. A riot erupted and four of its leaders barricaded themselves and hostages in the kitchen. Lieutenant Paul died instantly from a stab wound to his heart when the riot broke out at about 4:15 pm in the inmate dining hall. Lieutenant Kisro died at 6:15 pm from assault wounds to his liver and abdomen. Correctional Officer Wilson died at 8:40 pm from assault wounds to his liver and kidney. During the over four-hour standoff, another injured correctional officer who was being held hostage and suffering from loss of blood, was given a transfusion through the bars of the kitchen door.
The director of the Department of Public Safety was able to talk the inmates into surrendering at 8:40 pm. The four leaders of the uprising were convicted. Three inmates were sentenced to death until the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional in 1972. One of these inmates was resentenced to 480 years in prison, another was resentenced to three 200 year terms, while the third was resentenced to 300 years. A fourth inmate, who was sentenced to 50 to 75 years, was paroled on July 2, 1998. The inmate sentenced to 300 years was paroled in 2014.
Lieutenant Kisro was survived by his wife, son and daughter.
Bio
- Age 45
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Assault
- Weapon Person
- Offender Convicted
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