July 2016 - Perilous

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Uprising at Vanderburgh County Jail, Indiana

ByperilousJuly 26, 2016

July 26, 2016: Prisoners at the Vanderburgh County Jail refused to be handcuffed, flooded their cell, put soap on the floor to trip the guards when they entered and used bed bunks and mattresses as barricades and shields. Sheriff Dave Wedding stated: “They were yelling,

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Hunger Strikes at Two Immigrant Detention Centers in Ontario

ByperilousJuly 11, 2016

July 11-29, 2016: A group of immigrant detainees in two facilities in Ontario participate in a coordinated hunger strike in protest of their placement in maximum security prisons, indefinite detention of immigrants and a variety of other grievances. The outside group End

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Uprising at Butler County Jail, Kansas

ByperilousJuly 10, 2016

July 10, 2016: Prisoners take control of the dining hall and refuse to return to their cells. They tip over tables, destroy surveillance equipment and set off fire extinguishers in an uprising that sparked by low quality food.