Politics of a Prison Riot; The 1980 New Mexico Prison Riot: Its Causes and Aftermath
Corrales, NM: Rhombus Publishing Company, 1986. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Trade paperback. [8], 190, [1] pages. Notes. Illustrations. Cover has some wear and soiling. The author was the former New Mexico Secretary of Corrections. Adolph Saenz, the author of two books, The Ops Story And Politics Of A Prison Riot, was appointed Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Corrections two days before the bloody prison uprising of 1980 in Santa Fe. He retired from Federal Service after 30 years. He served as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer and in high level law enforcement positions in the U.S. Treasury Department and U.S. Customs Service. He has served in four wars, as an underage U.S. Marine in WWII, as a USAF Intelligence Officer in the Korean War, and as a Foreign Service Officer in the Cold War and the Iraq War. He was acknowledged as an expert in kidnapping investigations by the U.S. Department of State and in counter-terrorist operations. He graduated from the University of New Mexico with a Bachelor's degree in Bus Admin and a Masters degree in Pub Admin. More