Nevertheless, some journalists and politicians described the strike against prisoners as brutal, and the commander was dismissed.

The Deputy Minister of the Interior of the Slovak Republic, Andrej Sámel, was entrusted with this.

Finally, an intervention was made on 28 March 1990 which resulted in a two and half hour battle.

Prisoners used hand-made Molotov cocktails, metal bars with spikes, daggers, machetes, boxers or just razor blades.

[3] The court in Bratislava tried 73 prisoners, of which 61 were convicted, 5 were acquitted and 6 were excluded for a separate trial.

Polgári was eventually sentenced to life in prison and is considered a legend among the inmates.