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Mass Escape at Michigan Youth Facility After Staff Restrain Teen to Death

ByperilousMay 1, 2020

May 1, 2020: 25-28 youths escaped from Lakeside Academy after witnessing a fellow resident, 16-year-old Cornelius Frederick, be killed by staff after they restrained him by sitting on his chest for 9 minutes.

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Hunger Strike at Adelanto Detention Facility, California

ByperilousMarch 14, 2019

March 14, 2019: Approximately 150 immigrant detainees participated in a coordinated food strike at one of the largest privately run immigrant detention facilities in the county, owned and operated by Geo Group. The detainees refused to go to the cafeteria for a

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Disturbance at Palm Beach Youth Academy, Florida

ByperilousSeptember 21, 2018

September 21, 2018: At least six juvenile detainees reportedly grabbed staff who were trying to take another boy back to his cell. During the melee, the boys flipped tables and threw chairs, threatened staff and destroyed property. Specific details remain unclear. Following

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Uprising at Arizona State Prison at Kingman, Arizona

ByperilousJuly 1, 2015

July 1 - July 4, 2015: Prisoners at the Arizona State Prison in Kingman, a private prison run by the Management & Training Corporation (MTC), riot for three days following an attack on guards. Following the riots, the governor of Arizona announces that the state would be

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Uprising at Willacy County Correctional Center, Texas

ByperilousFebruary 20, 2015

February 20, 2015: Nearly 2,000 inmates participated in an uprising at a private prison run by Management and Training Corporation. The facility, which lies approximately 40 miles from the US-Mexico border was used primarily to house immigrants due for deportation.

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Uprising at Cibola County Correctional Center, New Mexico

ByperilousAugust 17, 2014

August 20, 2014: After a pattern of reported medical neglect and not providing an on-staff medical doctor, a disturbance occurred in a housing unit which then led to assaults on two correctional officers - a lieutenant and a sergeant. For approximately 45 minutes, prisoners

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Mass Escape at Michigan Youth Facility After Staff Restrain Teen to Death

Hunger Strike at Adelanto Detention Facility, California

Disturbance at Palm Beach Youth Academy, Florida

Uprising at Arizona State Prison at Kingman, Arizona

Uprising at Willacy County Correctional Center, Texas

Uprising at Cibola County Correctional Center, New Mexico

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