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Rather than insisting that their demands were not negotiable, as the Attica rebels had done, Rahway inmates agreed to a formula for settling their grievances with prison officials after the riot had ended. Finally, the leaders withdrew their demand for amnesty, asking only that observers supervise their return to undamaged cells as a safeguard against reprisals. One by one, the hostages were released and the prison returned to normal.