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Battle Between Guards and Prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison, California

ByperilousMay 24, 2017

May 24, 2017: After guards attempt to break up a fight between two prisoners on the prison yard, large groups of prisoners attack guards and fight them off. Guards respond, firing live ammunition into the crowd. Five prisoners suffer gunshot wounds and are hospitalized.

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Uprising at Otero County Detention Center, New Mexico

ByperilousApril 30, 2017

April 30, 2017: During a routine lockdown, at least nine prisoners at Otero County Jail refused to comply with orders. When guards came into their pod to subdue them they wrapped their fists with towels, got into "fighting stances", and attempted to attack the guards.

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Inmates Set Fire to Uniforms at Cook County Jail, Chicago

ByperilousApril 15, 2017

April 15, 2017: On April 15th, inmates in the super-max wing of Cook County Jail light a wick using a microwave and set fire to a pile of uniforms meant to designate them as inmates who engage in sexual misconduct. Smoke from the fire causes the unit to be evacuated and four

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Hunger Strike at Robert Presley Detention Center, California

ByperilousApril 13, 2017

April 13-May 1, 2017: Approximately 21 prisoners launched a hunger strike and released a list of demands including ending long-term solitary confinement, increased movement and access to phones and educational programming, and various other changes to "frivolous and

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Hunger Strike at South Mississippi Correctional Institution

ByperilousApril 5, 2017

March/April, 2017 (Exact Dates Uncertain): Between 11 and 23 prisoners launched a hunger strike in protest of conditions at the prison, including extended lockdowns leading to lack of access to visitation and adequate recreation time.

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Attack on Guards at Pelican Bay State Prison, California

ByperilousMarch 24, 2017

March 24, 2017: After guards use chemical agents and batons to intervene in a fight between two prisoners, the guards are attacked by a large group of prisoners. Guards fire live ammunition at the prisoners. According to the department of corrections' press release,

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Uprising at Tecumseh Correctional Institution, Nebraska

ByperilousMarch 2, 2017

March 2, 2017: Almost exactly two years after a major uprising at Tecumseh, approximately 40 prisoners refused orders to return to their cells. Prison staff left the day room of the housing unit and locked the doors, preventing the prisoners from moving to other units.

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Uprising at Kern Valley State Prison, California

ByperilousFebruary 7, 2017

February 7, 2017: A small fight leads to a riot involving approximately 125 prisoners. The incident spreads to a second cell block where 6 prisoners are attacked by guards using pepper spray and "less than lethal" direct impact rounds. Five prisoners are transported to a

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Fires Set at New Hampshire State Prison for Men

ByperilousFebruary 2, 2017

February 2, 2017: Protests spread to a second facility in New Hampshire as fires are set in protest of restrictive visitation policies in all three New Hampshire prisons. The new policy includes no kissing, no hugs lasting more than 3 seconds, no vending machines or board

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Hunger Strike at Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility

ByperilousFebruary 2, 2017

February 2, 2017: Approximately 200 prisoners launch a two-day hunger strike in response to new visitation policies that include no kissing, no hugs lasting more than 3 seconds, no vending machines or board games, and physical separation for the duration of the visit.

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