ICE Detainees Hunger Strike at Farmville Detention Center in Response to COVID-19
March 31: Approximately 100 detainees at the Farmville Detention Center organized a hunger strike in response a COVID-19 outbreak.
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Disturbance at Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center During COVID-19 Quarantine
April 3, 2020: Nine prisoners under quarantine at the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center threw commissary containers at the windows of their cells in an apparent effort to break the glass. Guards responded in riot gear and used pepper spray on the prisoners.
100 Prisoners in Connecticut Transferred after Threatening to Organize Protests about COVID-19
April 3, 2020: Over 100 prisoners were transferred after they threatened to organize hunger strikes and work stoppages to protest the facility’s new rules aimed at avoiding the spread of COVID-19. The recently implemented rules limit the movement of prisoners and require
Uprising at El Paso County Jail over New COVID-19 Restrictions
April 2, 2020: After being informed of new restrictions due to COVID-19, an argument and disturbance between deputies and prisoners ensued around one of the new restrictions that forces prisoners to eat on their bunks, instead of in the usual common areas. In response,
Protest at Neuse Correctional, North Carolina in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak
April 2, 2020: A group of prisoners at the Neuse Correctional Institution staged a protest Thursday afternoon after receiving news that two prisoners at the facility had tested positive for COVID-19.
Hunger Strike at Krome Detention Center, Florida
April 2, 2020 - Detainees at the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County, Florida launched a hunger strike on Thursday, April 2. The detainees cited the pandemic as a primary motivator in the strike, releasing a video statement at the start of the strike to a Miami
Hunger Strike at Franklin County Jail, Pennsylvania
March 30, 2020: A hunger strike at the Franklin County Jail which began on March 30 spread to a second block and won a few improvements in the preventive measures taken to limit the spread of COVID-19.
Disturbance at Portland, Oregon Juvenile Detention Facility
April 1, 2020: An unspecified "disturbance" occurred on the evening of Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Home (JDH) in Portland.
Prisoners Start a Fire at Unnamed Texas Prison in Response to COVID-19
March, 2020 (exact date unknown): Prisoners at an unknown facility in Texas started a fire in their unit sometime during the last week of March, 2020 to protest lack of access to electricity and showers in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Work Stoppage in Bristol ICE Detention in Response to COVID-19
March 30, 2020 - ongoing: Immigrant detainees at the Bristol County House of Correction (BCHOC) organized a work stoppage to protest the lack of action on the part of the prison to protect them from the threat of a COVID-19 outbreak.
