Hunger Strike at Eloy Detention Center, Arizona
June 13, 2015: Over 200 detainees sat down in the recreation yard of the Eloy Detention Center and engaged in a hunger strike in response to guard abuse and lack of medical services.
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Mother’s Day Uprising at Tecumseh Correctional, Nebraska
May 10, 2015: Prisoners of all races take control of multiple housing units in the prison (including staff offices), fight off guards together, set fires, destroy walls and other infrastructure. They use office phones to call their mothers and the media and chant “Hands
Disturbance at SCI Houtzdale, Pennsylvania
April 28, 2015: According to charges filed by a Pennsylvania State Trooper, a group of prisoners at SCI Houtzdale attacked guards after one guard tried to break up a fight between prisoners in the prison yard.
Attack on Guards at Arizona State Prison Complex, Florence, Arizona
April 9, 2015: As many as 30 prisoners attack guards after they perceive an act of disrespect on their part. Seven guards are injured, one seriously. Seven months later, the Arizona Department of Corrections releases a video of the event.
Work Stoppage and Hunger Strike at Karnes County Residential Center, Texas
March 30, 2015 - (end date unknown): Around 78 detained immigrant mothers, most of whom were seeking asylum from Central American countries, signed a letter demanding their release and launched a work and hunger strike as well as a boycott of the facility.
Hunger Strike at Regina Provincial Correctional Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada
March 25, 2015: Following another hunger strike earlier in the month, approximately 12 prisoners launch a second hunger strike to express issues with the fulfillment of their previous demands for religious freedom, access to exercise and other issues. The hunger strike lasts
Disturbance at Illinois Youth Center at Kewanee
March 24, 2015: According to the correctional officers union, seventeen inmates at the juvenile detention center smashed out windows at the facility and threatened one correctional officer with shards of glass.
Hunger Strike at Ohio State Penitentiary
March 16, 2015: Between thirty and forty prisoners went on hunger strike for a month, protesting new restrictions on recreation and group programming for those in solitary confinement. Prisoners alleged that they were being prevented from attending religious services, a
Hunger Strike at Regina Provincial Correctional Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada
March 2 - 3, 2015: At least 15 prisoners in the high security unit launch a hunger strike to demand access to outdoors exercise, freedom to practice Indigenous religious ceremonies and other demands. Forrest Pelletier, a prisoner at Regina involved in the strike, spoke with
Disturbance at Bernalillo Metropolitan Detention Center, New Mexico
March 2, 2015: Two prisoners caused a disturbance by damaging parts of their prison cells and trying to agitate other prisoners. One kicked and broke cell doors, while the other smashed a cell door window. The damage cost the prison over $1,000.
