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Hunger Strike at River Correctional Facility, Louisiana

ByperilousMarch 22, 2019

March 22-30, 2019: Approximately 150 immigrant detainees at the private prison owned by the LaSalle Management Corporations launched a hunger strike to protest treatment. Their complaints included being denied bond and unfairness at immigration and asylum hearings. In the

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Attack on Guards at Tecumseh State Correctional Institution, Nebraska

ByperilousMarch 22, 2019

March 22, 2019: One staff member was stabbed and kicked by two inmates after a door was mistakenly opened.

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Hunger Strike at Holman Correctional Facility, Alabama

ByperilousMarch 18, 2019

March 18, 2019: Eight prisoners began a hunger strike in response to being placed in solitary confinement without due cause.

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Disturbance at Covington County Jail, Alabama

ByperilousMarch 15, 2019

March 15, 2019: During a transfer of three prisoners, a group of "unruly" prisoners engaged in what the sheriff's department called a "riot"—although they did not specify what that entailed. According to the sheriff's department, the prisoners were upset because they

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Hunger Strike at Adelanto Detention Facility, California

ByperilousMarch 14, 2019

March 14, 2019: Approximately 150 immigrant detainees participated in a coordinated food strike at one of the largest privately run immigrant detention facilities in the county, owned and operated by Geo Group. The detainees refused to go to the cafeteria for a

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Uprising at Maui Community Correctional Center, Hawaii

ByperilousMarch 11, 2019

March 11, 2019: At least 42 prisoners refused to return to their cells at the end of recreation time and instead caused "significant damage" to prison infrastructure. The uprising occurred in two pods of the housing unit. Prisoners broke sprinklers, leading to flooding in

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Uprising at Crawford County Detention Center, Arkansas

ByperilousMarch 8, 2019

March 8, 2019: When a sergeant and a deputy attempted to remove a prisoner from a pod containing 40 prisoners, the other 39 prisoners interfered. When the prisoner was removed, the rest of the prisoners attacked prison infrastructure, destroying televisions, lights, ceiling

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Uprising at The Hills Youth and Family Services, Minnesota

ByperilousMarch 4, 2019

March 4, 2019: A disturbance began when a detainee at the privately-owned and operated residential youth treatment center hit a staff member in the face. The event escalated until a large group of detainees had barricaded themselves in a room while other small groups were

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Hunger Strike at Suffolk County House of Corrections, Massachusetts

ByperilousFebruary 15, 2019

February 15-20, 2019: Seventy-two ICE detainees in the 8-2 unit of the Suffolk County House of Corrections launched a hunger strike in response to a number of grievances related to jail conditions. The hunger strikers presented a list of demands to prison staff on February

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Hunger Strike at Yuba County Jail, California

ByperilousFebruary 9, 2019

February 9-16, 2019: Approximately 50 immigrant detainees in the ICE-operated detention facility launched a hunger strike in response to a variety of demands, including lack of medical care, adequate exercise time and educational programs.

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