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Food Strike at Baraga Correctional Facility, Michigan

imageByperilousDecember 27, 2016
Food Strike at Baraga Correctional Facility, Michigan
December 27-28, 2016: About 80 prisoners at Baraga Correctional Facility in Michigan refused to go to the chow hall during meal time for at least two days in order to protest the quality and the quantity of food served to them by private contractor Trinity Services Group.

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Christmas Day Escape at Cocke County Jail Annex, Tennessee

imageByperilousDecember 25, 2016
Christmas Day Escape at Cocke County Jail Annex, Tennessee
December 25, 2016: Six inmates escaped early on Christmas day by removing a toilet from a wall and climbing through the hole.

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Uprising at California Correctional Center, Susanville

imageByperilousDecember 20, 2016
Uprising at California Correctional Center, Susanville
December 20-21, 2016: A riot involving at least a hundred prisoners breaks out in the medium security unit. Guards fire live ammunition at prisoners and one prisoner is shot.

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Uprising at Saskatchewan Penitentiary, Canada

imageByperilousDecember 14, 2016
Uprising at Saskatchewan Penitentiary, Canada
December 14, 2016: At least 185 prisoners refuse to attend their normally-scheduled activities and instead mask up, destroy surveillance cameras, erect barricades, set fires, destroy significant portions of the prison and smash a hole in the floor so they can move to

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Uprising at El Paso County Jail, Colorado

imageByperilousNovember 21, 2016
Uprising at El Paso County Jail, Colorado
November 21, 2016: Nine prisoners engaged in a five hour long standoff with guards after the Colorado jail switched it's food provider to Trinity Food Services, which prisoners complained was giving inadequate portions.

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Uprising at Neuse Correctional Institution, North Carolina

imageByperilousOctober 23, 2016
Uprising at Neuse Correctional Institution, North Carolina
October 23, 2016: Prisoners start fires in two buildings of the prison, break windows, damage dorms and attack two prison vehicles.

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Hunger Strike at Central East Correctional Centre, Ontario

imageByperilousOctober 16, 2016
Hunger Strike at Central East Correctional Centre, Ontario
October 16-29, 2016: Immigrant detainees re-launch their hunger strike (which had ended in July) in protest of their placement in maximum security prisons, indefinite detention of immigrants and a variety of other grievances. The outside group End Immigration Detention

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Two-Week Hunger Strike at Santa Clara County Jail, California

imageByperilousOctober 15, 2016
Two-Week Hunger Strike at Santa Clara County Jail, California
October 17-30, 2016: More than a hundred prisoners stage a two week hunger strike in protest of prison conditions. "Prisoners United of Silicon Valley" a group well-connected with local civil rights organizers leads the strike, coordinating with other California prisons and jails.

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Prison Guards Quit En Masse at Holman Correctional Facility, Alabama

imageByperilousOctober 1, 2016
Prison Guards Quit En Masse at Holman Correctional Facility, Alabama
October 1, 2016: According to the Free Alabama Movement, Holman guards quit en masse. One guard is quoted as saying, "We’re tired of them playing games with y’all and our lives. It doesn’t make any sense. You be safe Lil Brother."

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Attack on Guards at Lanesboro Correctional Institution, North Carolina

imageByperilousSeptember 29, 2016
Attack on Guards at Lanesboro Correctional Institution, North Carolina
September 29, 2016: Four guards are stabbed by prisoners, including a lieutenant and sergeant. Two are flown to hospital in critical condition.

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