August 2014 - Perilous

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Attack on Guard and Escape at Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center, Colorado

ByperilousAugust 31, 2014

August 31, 2014: A juvenile detainee manipulated the faulty lock on his cell and escaped into the hallway where he beat a 65 year old prison guard with a pillow case full of rocks until he was unconscious. The juvenile then took the guards keys and released three other

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Protest and Uprising at Florence Correctional Center, Arizona

ByperilousAugust 22, 2014

August 22, 2014: A group of prisoners from Vermont and housed at the private, CCA-run facility, staged a coordinated protest, refusing to return to their cells. Prison guards responded to the protest by deploying a "chemical agent."

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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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Protest at Northeast Ohio Correctional Center

ByperilousAugust 12, 2014

August 12, 2014: Approximately 393 immigrant detainees refused to leave the recreation yard until the warden heard their demands. According to an incident report released by the prison, "The list of concerns were related to food, commissary prices, laundry/frequency of

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Uprising at Polk Correctional Institution, North Carolina

ByperilousAugust 3, 2014

August 3, 2014: An unknown number of prisoners participated in an uprising in which they destroyed prison infrastructure and barricaded doors to prevent guards from entering their unit.