Two Escape from Gallia County Jail, Ohio
August 31, 2018: Two women escaped from Gallia County Jail after breaching the security system.
Category: Timeline
Hunger Strike at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, Delaware
August 29-September 5, 2018: At least 12 prisoners begin refusing meals in protest of conditions. One prisoner, A'Keem Cropper, speaks with local media and explains the motivation for the hunger strike. According to prison authorities, one week later the last of the hunger
2018 National Prison Strike: Hunger Strike at Sussex II State Prison, Virginia
August 28-29, 2018 and September 8-9, 2018: Prisoner Uhuru B. Rowe and "a few other prisoners" engaged in two "24 hour fast[s]" in solidarity with the national prison strike.
2018 National Prison Strike: Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, Indiana
August 27, 2018: According to the group IDOC Watch, "Several inmates in the Secure Housing Unit (SHU) at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility are initiating a hunger strike in protest of their already starvation-level meal portions, their lack of access to basic necessities
2018 National Prison Strike: Northwest Detention Center, Washington
August 24-27, 2018: According to the group Northwest Detention Center Resistance, approximately 200 detainees participate in a hunger strike "in response to the call for a national prison strike in the U.S."
Protest at Northeast Correctional Center, Missouri
August 22, 2018: Prisoners refused orders to return to their cells and engaged in a non-violent sit-down protest in order to raise grievances regarding lack of recreation time.
2018 National Prison Strike: North Carolina
August, 2018 (exact dates uncertain): North Carolina prisoners issued a set of 8 additional demands focusing on mental health treatment and solitary confinement as well as a call for truce between various groups of prisoners. On August 20, supporters gathered for a noise
2018 National Prison Strike: Georgia
August, 2018 (exact dates uncertain): Jailhouse Lawyers Speak declare active boycotts and work stoppages at multiple facilities in Georgia, but state that "strike numbers are not yet strong enough to shut down a prison". A spokesperson for JLS reminds reporters of the brutal
2018 National Prison Strike: Florida
August, 2018 (exact dates uncertain): According to IWOC Gainesville, prisoners at five facilities in Florida engage in work strikes and commissary boycotts: Charlotte Correctional Institution, Dade Correctional Institution, Holmes Correctional Institution, Appalachee
2018 National Prison Strike: Ohio
August 21-September 17, 2018 (exact end date uncertain): According to Central Ohio IWOC, at least two prisoners, David Easley and James Ward, go on hunger strike on August 21 in response to a call for a national prison strike and in protest of violence by correctional
