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Plot to Electrocute Guard at Lincoln Hills School, Wisconsin

ByperilousSeptember 25, 2017

September 25, 2017: A group of male juvenile detainees poured water on the floor and into a wall outlet and dipped the end of the chord from a fan into water before requesting that a guard plug the fan in. The attempted attack was allegedly in retaliation for the guard

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Uprising at Cummins Unit, Arkansas

ByperilousSeptember 14, 2017

September 14, 2017: Arkansas prisoners stage another short uprising, after incidents in July and August at Tucker Unit. The rebels refuse orders and destroy property. Three prisoners are injured, and one calls out to local media to report that conditions are "like a

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Uprising at Norton Correctional Facility, Kansas

ByperilousSeptember 5, 2017

September 5, 2017: More than 400 prisoners participate in a "huge riot" destroying prison property, overturning an emergency medical response vehicle, and fighting guards with homemade weapons. Officials later estimate the damage to the prison at $80,000.

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Rebellion at Bartholomew County Jail, Indiana

ByperilousSeptember 4, 2017

September 4, 2017: Two prisoners kick out the mesh section of their cell doors and use them to attack guards while other prisoners flood the cell block causing a total of $8,000 in damage.

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Refused meals at Denver Women’s Correctional Facility, Colorado

ByperilousAugust 19, 2017

August 19, 2017: Nearly 100 prisoners at a women's facility refuse meals for one day in solidarity with Millions for Prisoners and those experiencing repression following the national prison strike of September, 2016. Prisoners share commissary food items and make sure each

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Uprising at Boyd County Detention Center, Kentucky

ByperilousAugust 19, 2017

August 19, 2017: Prisoners damage the sprinkler system in their cell and when guards respond by shutting off the water, the prisoners attack, forcing their cell door open and setting fires in the hallway beyond. Less than a month previous, four prisoners had escaped from the

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Uprising at Fairbanks Correctional Center, Fairbanks, Alaska

ByperilousAugust 17, 2017

August 17, 2017: After an unexplained and unexpected change in prison policy regarding which prisoners are assigned to which housing units, a group of approximately 15 prisoners refused to return to their cells and took control of a section of the prison in protest. The

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Hunger Strike at Northwest Detention Center, Washington

ByperilousAugust 8, 2017

August 8, 2017: For at least the fourth time in a year, detainees at the NWDC go on hunger strike. This time 20 detainees refuse meals after being placed in the hole for protesting an assault by guards on an 18-year-old detainee.

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Uprising at Tucker Maximum Security Unit, Arkansas – Part 2

ByperilousAugust 7, 2017

August 7, 2017: Just weeks after the July 22 attack on guards at the same facility, six prisoners attack and overcome three guards. They take keys and a Taser which they use to take over part of the facility for hours. The three guards were held by the prisoners in the parts

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Youth Uprising at Lincoln Hills School, Wisconsin

ByperilousAugust 3, 2017

August 3, 2017: Youth prisoners scale a building, and attack guards with metal, shingles and rocks they tear from the roof. According to news reports, "one inmate was seen doing back flips and another threatened a guard, saying the whole ordeal could have been prevented if

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