A New Nonfiction Book Details The Montana Prison Riot Of 1959 And Investigates Jerry Myles, The Psychopath Who Caused It

In Jerry’s Riot: The True Story of Montana’s 1959 Prison Disturbance, author Kevin S. Giles captures the conflict that ensued between career convict Jerry Myles, who had done time at Alcatraz Island and other federal and state prisons, and Warden Floyd Powell. Both men were new to Deer Lodge. Myles wanted to run the prison. […]