Lois Fraley, Former Arizona Department of Corrections Officer, Recounts 15-Day Ordeal As Prison Hostage on Investigation Discovery

Lois Fraley, a former Arizona Department of Corrections officer, spent 15 days in early 2004 as a hostage inside a tower at the Lewis Prison Complex in Buckeye -- the longest prison standoff in the nation's history.Tonight at 8 p.m., her story will be featured on the premier of Hostage:...
By Monica AlonzoDecember 1, 2011
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Lois Fraley, a former Arizona Department of Corrections officer, spent
15 days in early 2004 as a hostage inside a tower at the Lewis Prison
Complex in Buckeye — the longest prison standoff in the nation’s
history.

Tonight at 8 p.m., her story will be featured on the premier of Hostage: Do Or Die, a new television series on Investigation Discovery.

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=””>The single mom and her now 12-year-old daughter talk about the ordeal,
and Fraley describes moments of terror — and even frustrations with the
negotiators over … a sandwich.
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