GEORGE L WILSON
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Officer Rank: Correctional Officer
Memorial Panel: 64-E: 4
Department: Illinois Department of Corrections
End of Watch: November 23, 1965
Cause: NIFE
Age: 62
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Officer Wilson, Lieutenant Arthur Kisro and Lieutenant Lewis Paul were fatally stabbed during a riot at the Menard State Prison. Officer Wilson died an hour later at the hospital. Five other guards were stabbed and one was burned but they survived their injuries. The four leaders of the riot were charged and convicted of murder. Three of the inmates received 100+ year sentences and the fourth received 50-75 years and was paroled on July 2, 1998.
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