March 2016 - Perilous

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Michigan Food Strike Spreads to Chippewa Correctional Facility, Michigan

ByperilousMarch 26, 2016

March 26, 2016: The food strike started on 3/20 spreads to a second facility with at least 800 prisoners refusing meals at Chippewa, as reported by the prison administration.

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Michigan Food Strike Begins at Kinross Correctional Facility, Michigan

ByperilousMarch 20, 2016

March 20-21, 2016: Prisoners organize a food strike to protest poor food quality by the privatized food contractor Trinity Services Group just eight months after Trinity takes over the role from Aramark Correctional Services. According to a prisoner at Kinross who

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Uprising at Holman Correctional, Alabama – Part 2

ByperilousMarch 14, 2016

March 14, 2016: Despite lockdown from Friday night's uprising, prisoners attack guards again and retake the dorm on Sunday. Again, emergency response teams armed with shotguns regain control of the unit. Rebels are restrained and taken to the basketball courts, where they

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Uprising at Holman Correctional, Alabama – Part 1

ByperilousMarch 12, 2016

March 11-12, 2016: Prison staff intervene in a conflict between two groups of prisoners. The prisoners respond by attacking the guards. Warden Carter Davenport is stabbed during the altercation. Staff retreat and prisoners destroy a large amount of prison property, sending

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Hunger Strike at Regina Provincial Correctional Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada

ByperilousMarch 2, 2016

March 2, 2016 - (end date unknown): Sixteen prisoners in the prison's high security unit 2D1 launched a hunger strike in protest of extended periods of lockdown. One of the prisoners, Forrest Pelletier, spoke to the CBC, explaining that as pre-trial detainees, the prisoners

Month: March 2016

Michigan Food Strike Spreads to Chippewa Correctional Facility, Michigan

Michigan Food Strike Begins at Kinross Correctional Facility, Michigan

Uprising at Holman Correctional, Alabama – Part 2

Uprising at Holman Correctional, Alabama – Part 1

Hunger Strike at Regina Provincial Correctional Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada

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