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Uprising at Henry County Jail, Indiana

ByperilousAugust 3, 2016

August 3-4, 2016: Prisoners set fire to mattresses and jail uniforms on two subsequent nights. The first fire is set in the male assigned part of the jail. The next night prisoners in the women's side light another fire. Prisoners also attempt to deactivate the locks on

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Uprising at Holman Correctional Facility, Alabama

ByperilousAugust 1, 2016

August 1, 2016: When COs enter a dorm to break up a fight, prisoners resist as they did in March, expelling the guards from their dorm, setting a fire and erecting barricades.

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Uprising at Vanderburgh County Jail, Indiana

ByperilousJuly 26, 2016

July 26, 2016: Prisoners at the Vanderburgh County Jail refused to be handcuffed, flooded their cell, put soap on the floor to trip the guards when they entered and used bed bunks and mattresses as barricades and shields. Sheriff Dave Wedding stated: “They were yelling,

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Uprising at Butler County Jail, Kansas

ByperilousJuly 10, 2016

July 10, 2016: Prisoners take control of the dining hall and refuse to return to their cells. They tip over tables, destroy surveillance equipment and set off fire extinguishers in an uprising that sparked by low quality food.

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Cavs Fan Rebellion at Rikers Island

ByperilousJune 19, 2016

June 19, 2016: After the COs broke a promise to allow the inmates to watch the Cavs game 7 of the NBA finals, inmates built barricades and held the rec room for two hours.

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Uprising at Franklin Correctional Institution, Florida

ByperilousJune 10, 2016

June 10th, 2016: Over 300 hundred prisoners participated in an uprising that began late at night on June 10th. According to prison officials, prisoners jumped a guard and took over two housing dorms before proceeding to destroy nearly everything in the dorms.

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Dying to Live Hunger Strikes, Wisconsin

ByperilousJune 7, 2016

June 7, 2016 - January 26, 2017: A group of prisoners at Waupun Correctional announce the “Dying to Live” hunger strike against long term solitary confinement. The protest spreads as prisoners in Columbia and Green Bay join or organize rolling hunger strikes under different

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Disturbance During Power Outage and Forced Evacuation at Luther Unit in Texas

ByperilousMay 21, 2016

May 21, 2016: At least 50 prisoners refused to comply with orders to return to their cells during a power outage caused by flooding. After prisoners protested for an hour, guards used chemical agents to subdue the protest and send three prisoners to the hospital for unknown

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Uprising at Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico

ByperilousMay 21, 2016

May 21, 2016: Three prisoners attack guards while at least 20 prisoners in the rec yard cover surveillance cameras with sheets and block doors. Prisoners report this resulted from a protest of poor conditions at the jail.

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Free Alabama Movement May Day Strike

ByperilousMay 1, 2016

May 1-11, 2016: In solidarity with Texas prisoners, and in response to ADOC plan to build four "mega prisons" to quell rebellions, Free Alabama Movement calls for a strike and action at the state legislature. The ADOC budget request fails on the second day of the strike,

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