2017 Archives - Perilous

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Mass Escape from Boyd County Detention Center, Kentucky

ByperilousDecember 28, 2017

December 28, 2017: Four prisoners escaped the detention center in the 10th escape from the facility since July, 2017 . Catlettsburg Police Chief Cameron Logan told WSAZ the prisoners changed their clothes before escaping and "followed the air conditioning duct to the roof

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Hunger Strike at Allred Unit, Texas

ByperilousDecember 25, 2017

Dec 25, 2017 - Jan 3, 2018: At least 48 prisoners in the administrative segregation unit stage a hunger strike which, according to prison officials, relates to demands regarding recreation time, food portions and the temperature of the prison. Also according to prison

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Thanksgiving Attack on Correctional Captain, Rikers Island, New York

ByperilousNovember 23, 2017

November 23, 2017: Prisoners carry out a premeditated, retaliatory attack on a corrections captain following the captain's alleged use of excessive force.

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Attack on Guards at Five Points Correctional Facility, New York

ByperilousNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017: In a series of incidents, guards transporting a group of prisoners were attacked while intervening in fights. Six officers were treated for injuries.

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Hunger Strikes in Maricopa County Jails, Arizona

ByperilousOctober 31, 2017

Late October 2017: Around 23 prisoners held in the Maricopa County jails went on hunger strike to protest poor food quality.

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Uprising at Pasquotank Correctional Institution, North Carolina

ByperilousOctober 12, 2017

October 12, 2017: Prisoners set fire to the "specialty sewing plant" of the prison and attempt to escape. Four prison employees are killed and several others injured.

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Uprising at McCormick Correctional Institution, South Carolina

ByperilousOctober 4, 2017

October 4, 2017: Prisoners take control of a unit of the prison and set fires, chase officers with knives, and climb on the roof. They are able to hold their unit for three hours until their captors regain control.

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Attack on Guards at Oahu Correctional Center, Hawaii

ByperilousSeptember 30, 2017

September 30, 2017: A group of approximately 18 prisoners attacked three guards as they were being moved from their housing unit to the medical unit. The attack may have occurred in retaliation for a lockdown of the prison.

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Attack on Guards at Varner Unit, Arkansas

ByperilousSeptember 26, 2017

September 26, 2017: A group of prisoners attack guards and stab a lieutenant and beat a major. Prison guards react violently with abuses documented by contraband prisoner cell phones.

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Uprising at Baffin Correctional Centre, Nunavut, Canada

ByperilousSeptember 25, 2017

September 25, 2017: At least four prisoners participated in a two hour uprising that caused an estimated $100,000 in damage to the facility. According to the Department of Justice, prisoners destroyed "85 per cent of the building's medium security bed space and 33 per cent

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