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2016 National Prison Strike: South Carolina

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9-23, 2016: Prisoners issue a list of demands and those affiliated with Jailhouse Lawyers Speak report that incarcerated individuals at multiple facilities across South Carolina refuse to go to work and are locked down. They hold down work stoppages and disruptions

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2016 National Prison Strike: Holman Correctional Facility, Alabama

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: Prisoners refuse to go to work, specifically stopping operations in the kitchen and the facility's tag plant. Reports from prisoners state that officers are performing prison labor duties, while prisoners sleep in and read during a lock-down.

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2016 National Prison Strike: Perry Correctional Institution, South Carolina

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: Approximately 350 of the prison's 1500 prisoners refuse to work. Prison workers strike from the furniture factory, kitchen, landscaping, and janitorial duty.

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2016 National Prison Strike: Merced, California

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: Prisoners at two county jails in Merced engage in a mass hunger strike and work stoppage. Family members outside go on hunger strike and organize support via the FB group Live Free Merced.

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2016 National Prison Strike: Washington Correctional Center for Women

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: Three women prisoners refuse to go to their jobs in the library at the Washington Correctional Center for Women in Gig Harbor, Washington and are transferred to segregation.

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2016 National Prison Strike

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: The strike called for and supported by multiple prisoner and support organizations kicks off on the 45th anniversary of the Attica Uprising. Dozens of facilities experience some kind of disturbance or lockdown. Accurate numbers are difficult to gather

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2016 National Prison Strike: Valdosta State Prison

ByperilousSeptember 8, 2016

September 8 - 11, 2016: As part of the 2016 nationally coordinated prisoner strike, at least two prisoners attacked guards while others went on hunger strike.

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2016 National Prison Strike: Tecumseh Correctional Institution, Nebraska

ByperilousSeptember 8, 2016

September 8, 2016: While the facility is on lockdown to prevent strike participation, a prisoner assaults three staff members.

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2016 National Prison Strike: Florida

ByperilousSeptember 7, 2016

September 7-12, 2016: Kicking the September 9 strike off early, 400 prisoners at Holmes Correctional rebel, damaging nearly every dorm in the facility. Several hundred more prisoners participate in disruptions and work stoppages in other facilities across northern Florida.

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Attack on Guards at Nassau County Correctional Center, New York

ByperilousSeptember 6, 2016

September 6, 2016: A prisoner attacks a correctional officer, then others join in, creating an altercation that ends with nine correctional officers in the hospital with minor injuries.

Category: Timeline

2016 National Prison Strike: South Carolina

2016 National Prison Strike: Holman Correctional Facility, Alabama

2016 National Prison Strike: Perry Correctional Institution, South Carolina

2016 National Prison Strike: Merced, California

2016 National Prison Strike: Washington Correctional Center for Women

2016 National Prison Strike

2016 National Prison Strike: Valdosta State Prison

2016 National Prison Strike: Tecumseh Correctional Institution, Nebraska

2016 National Prison Strike: Florida

Attack on Guards at Nassau County Correctional Center, New York

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