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Hunger Strike at Robert Presley Detention Center, California

ByperilousApril 13, 2017

April 13-May 1, 2017: Approximately 21 prisoners launched a hunger strike and released a list of demands including ending long-term solitary confinement, increased movement and access to phones and educational programming, and various other changes to "frivolous and

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Hunger Strike at South Mississippi Correctional Institution

ByperilousApril 5, 2017

March/April, 2017 (Exact Dates Uncertain): Between 11 and 23 prisoners launched a hunger strike in protest of conditions at the prison, including extended lockdowns leading to lack of access to visitation and adequate recreation time.

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Attack on Guards at Pelican Bay State Prison, California

ByperilousMarch 24, 2017

March 24, 2017: After guards use chemical agents and batons to intervene in a fight between two prisoners, the guards are attacked by a large group of prisoners. Guards fire live ammunition at the prisoners. According to the department of corrections' press release,

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Uprising at Tecumseh Correctional Institution, Nebraska

ByperilousMarch 2, 2017

March 2, 2017: Almost exactly two years after a major uprising at Tecumseh, approximately 40 prisoners refused orders to return to their cells. Prison staff left the day room of the housing unit and locked the doors, preventing the prisoners from moving to other units.

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Uprising at Kern Valley State Prison, California

ByperilousFebruary 7, 2017

February 7, 2017: A small fight leads to a riot involving approximately 125 prisoners. The incident spreads to a second cell block where 6 prisoners are attacked by guards using pepper spray and "less than lethal" direct impact rounds. Five prisoners are transported to a

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Fires Set at New Hampshire State Prison for Men

ByperilousFebruary 2, 2017

February 2, 2017: Protests spread to a second facility in New Hampshire as fires are set in protest of restrictive visitation policies in all three New Hampshire prisons. The new policy includes no kissing, no hugs lasting more than 3 seconds, no vending machines or board

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Hunger Strike at Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility

ByperilousFebruary 2, 2017

February 2, 2017: Approximately 200 prisoners launch a two-day hunger strike in response to new visitation policies that include no kissing, no hugs lasting more than 3 seconds, no vending machines or board games, and physical separation for the duration of the visit.

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Uprising at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, Delaware

ByperilousFebruary 1, 2017

February 1, 2017: Prisoners mask up and rush two officers following recreation time. They take a cell block for 18 hours, holding staff hostage, issuing demands to the media and explaining their actions as a response to conditions, the failure of non-violent protest, and the

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Uprising at Kinney County Detention Center, Texas

ByperilousJanuary 26, 2017

January 26, 2017: About 65 prisoners take partial control of the prison by refusing to leave the recreation area and returning to their cells, in protest of the removal of a fellow prisoner. Guards respond with tear gas and forcible removals.

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Protest at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, Delaware

ByperilousJanuary 15, 2017

January 15, 2017: Inmates housed on the A and B tiers of the C-Building refused to return to their cells after recreation until they spoke with a supervisor regarding the conditions in C-Building. The disagreement was related to recreation time and to the transfer of inmates

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