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Protest at Toronto South Detention Centre

ByperilousJune 9, 2016

June 9, 2016: As many as 160 prisoners at the Toronto South Detention Centre refused to return to their cells in protest of inhuman conditions caused, in part, by frequent lockdowns. Prisoner sat in the prison yard during the protest.

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Dying to Live Hunger Strikes, Wisconsin

ByperilousJune 7, 2016

June 7, 2016 - January 26, 2017: A group of prisoners at Waupun Correctional announce the “Dying to Live” hunger strike against long term solitary confinement. The protest spreads as prisoners in Columbia and Green Bay join or organize rolling hunger strikes under different

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Disturbance During Power Outage and Forced Evacuation at Luther Unit in Texas

ByperilousMay 21, 2016

May 21, 2016: At least 50 prisoners refused to comply with orders to return to their cells during a power outage caused by flooding. After prisoners protested for an hour, guards used chemical agents to subdue the protest and send three prisoners to the hospital for unknown

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Uprising at Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico

ByperilousMay 21, 2016

May 21, 2016: Three prisoners attack guards while at least 20 prisoners in the rec yard cover surveillance cameras with sheets and block doors. Prisoners report this resulted from a protest of poor conditions at the jail.

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Free Alabama Movement May Day Strike

ByperilousMay 1, 2016

May 1-11, 2016: In solidarity with Texas prisoners, and in response to ADOC plan to build four "mega prisons" to quell rebellions, Free Alabama Movement calls for a strike and action at the state legislature. The ADOC budget request fails on the second day of the strike,

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Uprising at Sarpy County Jail, Nebraska

ByperilousApril 29, 2016

April 29, 2016: Four prisoners "become unruly" damaging about 11 sprinklers in the holding cell, flooding it and the public defenders' office below. The water causes approximately $100,000 in damage. The prisoners are charged with criminal mischief and terroristic threats,

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Hunger Strike and Protest at Immigrant Detention Center in Georgia

ByperilousApril 21, 2016

April 21 - December 21, 2016 (exact dates uncertain): Between (at least) April and December of 2016, dozens of detainees at the Stewart Detention Center launch rolling hunger strikes in protest of their confinement and treatment by ICE.

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Protest at York County Jail, Maine

ByperilousApril 13, 2016

April 13, 2016: At least half of the 79 prisoners in general population refuse to go to their cells in a "non-violent protest" of recent policy changes at the jail. Initially "mischaracterized as a riot" according to Sheriff William King, the protest brings emergency

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Michigan Food Strike Spreads to Cotton Correctional Facility, Michigan

ByperilousApril 12, 2016

April 12, 2016: The food strike started on 3/20 spreads to a third facility in Michigan with at least 660 prisoners refusing meals at Cotton, as reported by the prison administration.

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Uprising at Perry Correctional Institution, South Carolina

ByperilousApril 11, 2016

April 11, 2016: Prisoners take control of a 180-person dorm during a 5 hour uprising, holding a guard hostage and assaulting him. While staff attempts to regain control of the unit, a total of three guards are stabbed.

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