February 2020 - Perilous

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Sit-Down Strike at T. Don Hutto ICE Facility, Texas

ByperilousFebruary 24, 2020

February 24, 2020: Approximately 80 female detainees at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, Texas engaged in a sit-down strike in protest of indefinite detention, inadequate medical care and other issues.

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Uprising Resulted in Multiple Escapes at Big Horn County Jail, Montana

ByperilousFebruary 8, 2020

February 8, 2020: Three prisoners escaped from Big Horn County Jail after the Sheriffs office says the jail was "taken over by the inmates."

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Planned Protest at Chippewa Correctional Facility, MI

ByperilousFebruary 3, 2020

February 3, 2020: In early February, three men incarcerated at Chippewa Correctional Facility in Michigan's Upper Peninsula were accused of organizing a protest at the facility.