Meal Strike at Monterey County Jail In Response to COVID-19
March 17, 2020: Prisoners in both the mens and womens sections of the jail refused meals for fear of being infected with COVID-19.
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ICE Detainees Hunger Strike in Essex County, New Jersey in Response to COVID-19
March 17, 2020 - Ongoing: A group of detainees at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark, New Jersey have organized a hunger strike demanding their immediate release as COVID-19 pandemic spreads throughout New Jersey and the world.
Meal Strike at Monterey County Jail, California in Response to COVID-19
March 17, 2020: Prisoners detained in the women's side of the Monterey County Jail staged a meal strike on March 17, in fear of contracting the coronavirus through their food. Rene Brooks, an organizer of the strike, maintains that some prisoners are still participating as
Asylum Seekers from Cameroon Launch Hunger Strike in ICE Detention
March 3, 2020 - Ongoing: Forty-three asylum seekers facing indefinite detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are on day ten of a hunger strike in protest of their conditions of confinement.
Sit-Down Strike at T. Don Hutto ICE Facility, Texas
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.
Uprising Resulted in Multiple Escapes at Big Horn County Jail, Montana
February 8, 2020: Three prisoners escaped from Big Horn County Jail after the Sheriffs office says the jail was "taken over by the inmates."
Planned Protest at Chippewa Correctional Facility, MI
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.
Fire at Miami Correctional Facility, Indiana
January 27, 2020: Multiple prisoners started fires in their cells at Miami Correctional Facility on January 27, 2020, according to prison officials. The prisoners allegedly used paper and toilet paper with the electrical outlet to light the fires.
Hunger Strike at Central Prison, North Carolina
January 20, 2020 - ongoing: Sixteen prisoners went on hunger strike on MLK Day in solidarity with two hundred prisoners allegedly facing brutality in the prison’s mental health unit.
Uprising at Sandoval County Detention Center, New Mexico
January 14, 2020: A short uprising took place when nine prisoners refused to go back to their cells after being ordered by a guard. The prisoners blockaded a door, threw soapy water onto the floor, covered their faces, and threw a microwave and other items at the door when
