As Em City is recaptured, two guards and six inmates die in the line of fire and Em City itself is destroyed.įollowing the riot, Devlin incurs some bad press for using excessive force.
Glynn and McManus feel that several of the demands are actually reasonable, but Devlin has no interest in negotiation, ordering the SORT team to recapture Emerald City by any means necessary. Upon masterminding the riot, Saïd and inmates Ryan O'Reily, Scott Ross, Miguel Alvarez and Simon Adebisi send a list of demands out as a means of releasing the guards they have taken hostage in Emerald City. Inside of Oz, the inmates are infuriated by all of the anti-prisoner legislation and begin a riot, led by Saïd. New Oz inmate Kareem Said and Emerald City Unit Manager Tim McManus openly oppose Devlin, whose legislative acts are enforced by both the Commissioner of Prisons and Leo Glynn Devlin also reinstates the death penalty for the first time in over 30 years and as a result, three inmates - Jefferson Keane Richard L'Italien and Donald Groves - are executed over the season. Devlin's philosophy is that being hard on crime will eventually reduce crime. He knows that the public views him as such but will vote for him because he gets the results they want.ĭevlin begins this season being elected as the State's governor from a campaign of "No Perks for Prisoners." Throughout the season, several basic freedoms that many inmates have such as smoking and conjugal visits are banned from prisoners statewide as a result, tension builds within the prison walls. Despite his political image, Devlin is shown as a bullying sadistic elitist only out for himself, an image he doesn't bother trying to hide in private. Devlin is frequently shown as opportunistic and morally dubious, often passing strict legislation in order to increase support. From there Oz's staff learns some of Devlin's secrets that could lead to his eventual imprisonment.
Devlin, the governor of the state, is hated by most of the inmates and some of the staff members at the Oswald State Correctional facilities as he proposes several anti-prisoner acts of legislation through his election campaign promise of "No perks for prisoners." Throughout the series, he is also on trial for various political charges but then things eventually get worse when the mayor who helped him get elected, Wilson Loewen arrives in Oz.
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