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During the Cuban Riots of 1980, the Bureau of Prisons faced several serious hostage incidents, and the three facilities most affected were Talladega, the Federal Detention Center in Okdale, and Atlanta’s USP. These sites saw inmates seize control and take hostages, triggering prolonged crises that required negotiations and crisis-response actions, and they became the most notable examples of hostage-taking during that period. The other facilities listed did not experience comparable, well-documented major hostage situations during those riots, which is why those options don’t fit as well.