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

ByperilousJuly 17, 2021

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.

ByperilousJuly 14, 2021

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

ByperilousJuly 9, 2021

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

ByperilousJuly 7, 2021

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.

ByperilousJuly 1, 2021

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.

ByperilousJune 25, 2021

Prisoner justice advocate. Word warrior. Relative, friend, and comrade. Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and a member of the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, Mr. Cory Charles Cardinal (a.k.a. Cardinalis) died of a drug overdose on June 9, 2021 at the age of 38. His tireless work on

ByperilousJune 25, 2021

On June 23, 20-30 prisoners at SCI Phoenix, a 3,800 bed state prison facility near Philadelphia, began a hunger strike. The strikers are protesting against the use of an Intensive Management Unit (IMU), or segregation unit, inside the facility.

ByperilousJune 13, 2021

On May 23, a COVID-19 outbreak was declared at Pine Grove Correctional Centre, a provincial jail for women in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada, with 12 cases (7 prisoners and 5 staff) documented on May 27. The outbreak comes after a year of consistent resistance on the

ByperilousJune 8, 2021

Documents newly obtained by Perilous demonstrate an effort on the part of the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) to surveil and compile intelligence on protestors fighting for an end to police violence and racism in Tucson.

ByperilousJune 2, 2021

For years, Washington's only immigration detention facility, the NWDC has amassed considerable criticism on its operations.

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

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

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

Hunger Strike Ends with Concessions from Pennsylvania Prison System

Coordinated Hunger Strike Across Seven Canada Prisons Honours Indigenous Children

In Memoriam: Cory Charles Cardinal (1983-2021)

Pennsylvania prisoners start hunger strike against isolation practices

“We are strong women who want to fight, pray, participate”: Women’s Resistance at Pine Grove Correctional Centre

Newly Obtained Documents Reveal Surveillance of Teenage Activists in Tucson, AZ

Over a Decade of Resistance to the Northwest Detention Center

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