Attack on Guards at South Mississippi Correctional Institution
September 22, 2014: Seven correctional officers were attacked by at least five prisoners as they left a housing unit following a shakedown.
Category: Timeline
Attack on Guards and Escape at Montgomery County Center For Adolescent Services, Ohio
September 20, 2014: Four juveniles attacked staff members before smashing out a window and trying to escape. The teens attacked another staff member who tried to prevent them from escaping before they were finally subdued by corrections officers.
Escape at Madera County Jail, California
September 19, 2014: Five prisoners escaped from the Madera County Jail after one prisoner tunneled out of his cell and into a common area, broke out a window and escaped. It is uncertain whether the other four prisoners coordinated the escape with the tunneling prisoner, or
Escape at Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution, Ohio
September 11, 2014: Three prisoners escaped from the Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution using a 13 foot ladder that they had constructed out of old cabinets. The prisoners carried the ladder through an unoccupied section of the prison and used it to climb onto the roof
Uprising at Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility, Oregon
September 8, 2014: Three juvenile detainees barricaded themselves in a room and armed themselves with a pair of scissors and a leg broken off of a bunk bed. Police were called to the scene, but the youths eventually surrendered without use of force.
Uprising at Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility, Oregon
September 5, 2014: Police from two agencies responded when multiple youths at Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility refused orders from staff and damaged a door and multiple windows.
Attack on Guards at Holman Correctional Facility, Alabama
September 5, 2014: An unknown number of prisoners participated in a disturbance that began when a prisoner attacked a guard as he was searching for contraband cell phones.
Uprising at Woodland Hills Youth Development Center, Tennessee
September 3, 2014: Just two days after 32 juveniles escaped from the facility, more two dozen juveniles broke out of their rooms and into the yard. They covered their faces, attempted to break into buildings and wielded sticks and fire extinguishers.
Attack on Staff at Central New York Psychiatric Center
September 3, 2014: Approximately a dozen prisoners swarmed staff in the kitchen area and began assaulting them at about 11:45 a.m. Some prisoners used kitchen implements as weapons. A similar incident occurred simultaneously on the floor above the first attack. It appeared
Mass Escape from Woodland Hills Youth Development Center, Tennessee
September 1, 2014: Thirty-two juvenile detainees, nearly half the population of the facility, escaped the state-run juvenile detention center by slipping under the fence. The facility is operated by the Tennessee Department of Children's Services.
