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Escape at Maui Community Correctional Center, Hawaii

ByperilousApril 14, 2019

April 14, 2019: Two pretrial detainees kicked open a "termite-eaten" door while guards slept and escaped the prison. One of the prisoners, Barret “BJ” Paman, turned himself in to law enforcement later that day, stating that he escaped because the conditions at the prison

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Fire and Attack on Guards at Marshall County Correctional Facility, Mississippi

ByperilousApril 3, 2019

April 3, 2019: Prisoners at a private facility in Mississippi attacked a guard and set fire to part of their unit. The guard was airlifted to a hospital as a result.

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Coordinated Hunger Strike at Two Wisconsin Prisons

ByperilousMarch 26, 2019

March 26 - April 22, 2019: Nine prisoners at two Wisconsin prisons began a hunger strike demanding an end to indefinite solitary confinement. Their demands cited the recently elected governor's campaign promises to reform solitary confinement practices. The hunger strike was

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Mass Escape at Nash County Detention Center, North Carolina

ByperilousMarch 25, 2019

March 25, 2019: Five inmates identified a camera blind spot and escaped through a hole in the fence on Monday night.

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Hunger Strike at River Correctional Facility, Louisiana

ByperilousMarch 22, 2019

March 22-30, 2019: Approximately 150 immigrant detainees at the private prison owned by the LaSalle Management Corporations launched a hunger strike to protest treatment. Their complaints included being denied bond and unfairness at immigration and asylum hearings. In the

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Attack on Guards at Tecumseh State Correctional Institution, Nebraska

ByperilousMarch 22, 2019

March 22, 2019: One staff member was stabbed and kicked by two inmates after a door was mistakenly opened.

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Hunger Strike at Holman Correctional Facility, Alabama

ByperilousMarch 18, 2019

March 18, 2019: Eight prisoners began a hunger strike in response to being placed in solitary confinement without due cause.

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Disturbance at Covington County Jail, Alabama

ByperilousMarch 15, 2019

March 15, 2019: During a transfer of three prisoners, a group of "unruly" prisoners engaged in what the sheriff's department called a "riot"—although they did not specify what that entailed. According to the sheriff's department, the prisoners were upset because they

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Hunger Strike at Adelanto Detention Facility, California

ByperilousMarch 14, 2019

March 14, 2019: Approximately 150 immigrant detainees participated in a coordinated food strike at one of the largest privately run immigrant detention facilities in the county, owned and operated by Geo Group. The detainees refused to go to the cafeteria for a

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Uprising at Maui Community Correctional Center, Hawaii

ByperilousMarch 11, 2019

March 11, 2019: At least 42 prisoners refused to return to their cells at the end of recreation time and instead caused "significant damage" to prison infrastructure. The uprising occurred in two pods of the housing unit. Prisoners broke sprinklers, leading to flooding in

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