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Imminent Threat of Death

imageByperilousApril 15, 2022
Imminent Threat of Death
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the lingering post-era of the murder of George Floyd, the Donald Trump presidency, the January 6th Capitol Riot, and especially of the 2017 Delaware prison uprising that led to correctional officer Lt. Stephen Floyd being

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‘It was a nightmare’: Pima County Jail Deaths Reach Decade High

imageByperilousOctober 15, 2021
‘It was a nightmare’: Pima County Jail Deaths Reach Decade High
According to information released by the Pima County Sheriff’s Office and information gathered by a Reuters investigation last year, 2021 is now the deadliest year for the Pima County Adult Detention Complex since at least 2009 with one person dying in the jail about every

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Detainee Resistance at MSOP “Shadow Prison” Intensifies

imageByperilousSeptember 22, 2021
Detainee Resistance at MSOP “Shadow Prison” Intensifies
A movement is growing amongst detainees inside the Minnesota Sex Offenders Program in Moose Lake, Minnesota. Since mid-August, dozens of detainees held at the secure treatment facility have been meeting in the yard for rallies, speak-outs, and peaceful demonstrations. They

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Ruby Montoya Seeks to Withdraw Guilty Plea, Citing Coercion, Entrapment and Mental Illness

imageByperilousSeptember 3, 2021
Ruby Montoya Seeks to Withdraw Guilty Plea, Citing Coercion, Entrapment and Mental Illness
Admitted pipeline-saboteur Ruby Montoya filed a motion seeking to withdraw her guilty plea, claiming she was coerced into signing it by her previous attorneys, movement “leaders”, and her abusive father. The motion also claims that government agents may have taught Montoya

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Protest at the Northwest Detention Center

imageByperilousAugust 21, 2021
Protest at the Northwest Detention Center
Protestors gathered outside the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, WA Saturday to call for an end to immigrant detention. The demonstration was organized by La Resistencia, a local immigrant rights organizing group, in response to a national call for days of action

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Hunger Strike in a La. Prison over Torture-like Conditions

imageByperilousJuly 17, 2021
Hunger Strike in a La. Prison over Torture-like Conditions
On July 13, more than 20 prisoners at the David Wade Correctional Center in Northern Louisiana started a hunger strike to protest their confinement under conditions they say are akin to torture.

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Detainees at MN Shadow Prison Resist Indefinite Detention in Sex Offender Program

imageByperilousJuly 14, 2021
Detainees at MN Shadow Prison Resist Indefinite Detention in Sex Offender Program
Forty detainees at the Moose Lake Correctional facility in Minnesota began a hunger strike on July 4. This is the second hunger strike this year at the facility where detainees and advocates claim the Minnesota Sex Offendor Progam (MSOP) is unconstitutionally detaining

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Prisoners Stand Against Racism and Colonialism in Canada’s “New Residential Schools”

imageByperilousJuly 9, 2021
Prisoners Stand Against Racism and Colonialism in Canada’s “New Residential Schools”
On July 1, prisoners at seven institutions across Canada engaged in a coordinated one-day solidarity fast in honour of Indigenous children who died in the custody of the Indian Residential School system, a carceral apparatus of church and state designed to “kill the Indian

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Hunger Strike Ends with Concessions from Pennsylvania Prison System

imageByperilousJuly 7, 2021
Hunger Strike Ends with Concessions from Pennsylvania Prison System
A hunger strike by prisoners in Pennsylvania came to an official end on Sunday, July 4 after 10 days on strike. 12 people housed in SCI Phoenix, a state correctional institution in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania initiated the hunger strike.

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Coordinated Hunger Strike Across Seven Canada Prisons Honours Indigenous Children

imageByperilousJuly 1, 2021
Coordinated Hunger Strike Across Seven Canada Prisons Honours Indigenous Children
Prisoners at six prisons in Canada have announced a coordinated hunger strike on July 1, Canada Day. The strike was organized in response to the recent recovery of over a thousand unmarked graves at residential school sites across the country.

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