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Protest at Cibola County Correctional Center, New Mexico

ByperilousMarch 27, 2013

March 27, 2013: A large group of prisoners staged a protest in the prison yard around 10 a.m. The protest lasted throughout the day, with prisoners eventually returning to their cells late that night.

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Helicopter Escape at Saint-Jérôme Jail, Canada

ByperilousMarch 17, 2013

March 17, 2013: Two people posing as tourists chartered a helicopter and then directed its pilot at gunpoint to fly them to break a prisoner out of jail. The prisoners were recaptured shortly after the escape about 30 miles north of the jail.

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Uprising at Cimarron Correctional Facility, Oklahoma

ByperilousMarch 3, 2013

March 3, 2013: A four hour uprising occurred at Cimarron Correctional Facility, a private prison owned by the Corrections Corporation of America. Prisoners in a single housing unit smashed windows, breached security doors, broke locks and electrical equipment, and knocked

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Hunger Strike at Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Cuba

ByperilousFebruary 6, 2013

February 6, 2013- (end date unknown): Detainees at the military prison operated by the United States government launched a hunger strike that lasted months and peaked in July, 2013 with 106 of the 166 detainees at the facility participating. It is unclear when the hunger

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Food Strike at Federal Correctional Institution, Fairton, New Jersey

ByperilousDecember 17, 2012

January 4th, 2013: Prisoners participated in a food strike in response to a new policy which would punish an entire block or unit of prisoners for not admitting to carrying "contraband."

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Mass Escape at Logan Hall, New Jersey

ByperilousOctober 29, 2012

October 29, 2012: When Hurricane Sandy hit the eastern seaboard, power failed at Logan Hall, a halfway house operated by the private corporation Community Education Centers, causing the locking mechanisms on the cells to fail. Dozens of male prisoners left their cells and

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Uprising at Whatcom County Jail, Washington

ByperilousOctober 24, 2012

October 24, 2012: Six inmates at Whatcom County Jail tore metal pieces off the ventilation system and used them to cause $15,000 in damage to their cell block. After one hour, emergency response teams regained control. One of the rioters was treated for a leg injury in the

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Uprising at Lee Correctional Institution, South Carolina

ByperilousSeptember 13, 2012

September 13, 2012: A correctional guard was overpowered during an uprising in the Sumter Unit, which houses 120 prisoners. During the disturbance, prisoners took the correctional guard’s keys, pepper spray, and vest before he was held in a closet for 5 hours.

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Attack on Guards at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, Massachusetts

ByperilousJune 25, 2012

June 25, 2018: A prisoner stabbed a prison guard, allegedly in retaliation for the guard confiscating his property the previous day. When other guards came to the aid of the stabbed guard, two other prisoners joined the fight.

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Hunger Strike at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison

ByperilousJune 10, 2012

June 10-July 18, 2012: Ten inmates initiated a hunger strike in response to a number of grievances. These included poor medical care, visitation issues, lack of phone calls and exercise, and access to commissary.

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