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Uprising at Boyd County Detention Center, Kentucky

ByperilousAugust 19, 2017

August 19, 2017: Prisoners damage the sprinkler system in their cell and when guards respond by shutting off the water, the prisoners attack, forcing their cell door open and setting fires in the hallway beyond. Less than a month previous, four prisoners had escaped from the

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Uprising at Fairbanks Correctional Center, Fairbanks, Alaska

ByperilousAugust 17, 2017

August 17, 2017: After an unexplained and unexpected change in prison policy regarding which prisoners are assigned to which housing units, a group of approximately 15 prisoners refused to return to their cells and took control of a section of the prison in protest. The

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Uprising at North Bay Jail, Ontario, Canada

ByperilousAugust 12, 2017

August 12, 2017: Prisoners staged an uprising that lasted eight hours. The uprising resulted in broken windows and one guard receiving treatment for minor injuries. According to a representative from the prison guard union, Ontario Public Service Employees Union local 616,

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Hunger Strike at Northwest Detention Center, Washington

ByperilousAugust 8, 2017

August 8, 2017: For at least the fourth time in a year, detainees at the NWDC go on hunger strike. This time 20 detainees refuse meals after being placed in the hole for protesting an assault by guards on an 18-year-old detainee.

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Uprising at Tucker Maximum Security Unit, Arkansas – Part 2

ByperilousAugust 7, 2017

August 7, 2017: Just weeks after the July 22 attack on guards at the same facility, six prisoners attack and overcome three guards. They take keys and a Taser which they use to take over part of the facility for hours. The three guards were held by the prisoners in the parts

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Youth Uprising at Lincoln Hills School, Wisconsin

ByperilousAugust 3, 2017

August 3, 2017: Youth prisoners scale a building, and attack guards with metal, shingles and rocks they tear from the roof. According to news reports, "one inmate was seen doing back flips and another threatened a guard, saying the whole ordeal could have been prevented if

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Four Prisoners Escape Boyd County Detention Center, Kentucky

ByperilousJuly 30, 2017

July 30, 2017: Four prisoners escaped the detention center by exploiting a flaw in the building's design. The last of the four prisoners was captured a month later.

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Attack on Guards at Tucker Maximum Security Unit, Arkansas – Part 1

ByperilousJuly 22, 2017

July 22, 2017: Three prisoners attack guards while they were attempting to handcuff another prisoner. Then "at least three prisoners" escaped from individual holding units in a recreation area. Corrections officers fire "warning shots" with live ammunition in order to regain

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Uprising at Great Plains Correctional Facility, Oklahoma

ByperilousJuly 10, 2017

July 10, 2017: Armed with baseball bats and iron pipes, 400 prisoners take control of an entire building and two recreation yards for eight hours. Taking two guards hostage, they refuse to return to their cells. Guards use pepper spray and stun grenades. An unspecified

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Uprising at El Dorado Correctional Facility, Kansas–Part 2

ByperilousJune 29, 2017

June 29, 2017: When prisoners are released from lockdown following their rebellion earlier in the week, they immediately begin a protest of prison conditions. Around 120 prisoners occupy the prison yard and refuse orders to return to their cells. They break into an office

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