2016 National Prison Strike: Tecumseh Correctional Institution, Nebraska
September 8, 2016: While the facility is on lockdown to prevent strike participation, a prisoner assaults three staff members.
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2016 National Prison Strike: Florida
September 7-12, 2016: Kicking the September 9 strike off early, 400 prisoners at Holmes Correctional rebel, damaging nearly every dorm in the facility. Several hundred more prisoners participate in disruptions and work stoppages in other facilities across northern Florida.
Attack on Guards at Nassau County Correctional Center, New York
September 6, 2016: A prisoner attacks a correctional officer, then others join in, creating an altercation that ends with nine correctional officers in the hospital with minor injuries.
Uprising at Henry County Jail, Indiana
August 3-4, 2016: Prisoners set fire to mattresses and jail uniforms on two subsequent nights. The first fire is set in the male assigned part of the jail. The next night prisoners in the women's side light another fire. Prisoners also attempt to deactivate the locks on
Uprising at Holman Correctional Facility, Alabama
August 1, 2016: When COs enter a dorm to break up a fight, prisoners resist as they did in March, expelling the guards from their dorm, setting a fire and erecting barricades.
Uprising at Vanderburgh County Jail, Indiana
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,
Hunger Strikes at Two Immigrant Detention Centers in Ontario
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
Uprising at Butler County Jail, Kansas
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.
Cavs Fan Rebellion at Rikers Island
June 19, 2016: After the COs broke a promise to allow the inmates to watch the Cavs game 7 of the NBA finals, inmates built barricades and held the rec room for two hours.
Uprising at Franklin Correctional Institution, Florida
June 10th, 2016: Over 300 hundred prisoners participated in an uprising that began late at night on June 10th. According to prison officials, prisoners jumped a guard and took over two housing dorms before proceeding to destroy nearly everything in the dorms.
