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‘I was afraid I was going to kill somebody’: Former CO speaks out against culture of violence, neglect in Saskatchewan jails

ByperilousFebruary 23, 2021

By Gabbriel Schivone and Abby Stadnyk A former Saskatoon correctional prison guard is breaking ranks to speak out against the injustices he says he witnessed inside the provincial prison system during his 22-year tenure. Through his Youtube channel, Making Corrections,

ByperilousJanuary 26, 2021

Prisoners at Two Rivers CI are sounding the alarm as a deadly COVID-19 outbreak has spread throughout the facility. Negligent prison staff, and crumbling infrastructure are leading to unnecessary deaths and a public health crisis on the inside, prisoners say.

ByperilousJanuary 11, 2021

Remembering Anarchist Prisoner Brian McCarvill, who died of COVID-19 in Prison on his 68th Birthday.

ByperilousJanuary 10, 2021

by Abby Stadnyk On Monday, prisoners at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre (SCC) and the Pine Grove Correctional Centre (PGCC) in Saskatchewan, Canada went on hunger strike, engaging in a self-described “peaceful protest” against the deplorable conditions and government

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Prisoners Stand Together in Response to DOC Negligence

ByperilousJanuary 2, 2021

By Lena Mercer On Saturday December 12 between 30 and 40 prisoners housed at Airway Heights Correctional Center in Washington. banded together to refuse an internal transfer that they understood would endanger them and others. COVID-19 positive infections inside Airway

ByperilousDecember 28, 2020

At about 9 p.m. Sunday night, law enforcement vehicles were staged at the entrance to McCormick Correctional Institution in South Carolina according to reporting by local News Channel 6. An hour later, local media outlets as well as prisoner-run social media accounts were

ByperilousDecember 25, 2020

As of Thursday, 123 prisoners at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Canada have tested positive for COVID-19 according to the Correctional Service of Canada. In the midst of the outbreak, prisoners at the facility began a hunger strike this week with some reporting that the

ByperilousDecember 14, 2020

In the midst of a massive COVID-19 outbreak throughout the California prison system and after a month-long hunger strike at one facility, supporters and family members of prisoners converged on several Valley-area prisons Sunday before staging a demonstration in front of the

ByperilousDecember 9, 2020

A large disturbance occurred Tuesday in the H1 unit of the Stafford Creek Correctional Center in Shelton, Washington. The disturbance occurred following a use of force incident by staff, according to an email statement from the Office of Corrections Ombuds Director Joanna Carns.

ByperilousDecember 5, 2020

Three prisoners at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (CSATF) in Corcoran, California ended their hunger strike this week after more than a month of refusing food in protest of conditions.

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‘I was afraid I was going to kill somebody’: Former CO speaks out against culture of violence, neglect in Saskatchewan jails

“A Dumping Ground of COVID Cases”: Blackouts, Protests, and Outbreaks at Oregon’s Two Rivers Prison

‘I Am An Anarchist’: Remembering Anarchist Prisoner Brian McCarvill, who Died of COVID-19 in Prison on his 68th Birthday

“We’re Getting Treated Like Animals”: Protests and Uprisings Spread Through Saskatchewan Jails

Prisoners Stand Together in Response to DOC Negligence

Guard Locked in a Cell During Disturbance at McCormick Correctional

Hunger Strike, Suicide Pact Amidst COVID Outbreak at Saskatchewan Penitentiary

Protesters Converge on Corrections Secretary’s Home and Several Prisons in California’s Central Valley

Large Disturbance at Stafford Creek Corrections Center, Washington

Month-Long Hunger Strike at Corcoran Prison Ends as COVID Outbreak Continues

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