2018 National Prison Strike Archives

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2018 National Prison Strike: Hunger Strike at Sussex II State Prison, Virginia

ByperilousAugust 28, 2018

August 28-29, 2018 and September 8-9, 2018: Prisoner Uhuru B. Rowe and "a few other prisoners" engaged in two "24 hour fast[s]" in solidarity with the national prison strike.

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2018 National Prison Strike: Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, Indiana

ByperilousAugust 27, 2018

August 27, 2018: According to the group IDOC Watch, "Several inmates in the Secure Housing Unit (SHU) at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility are initiating a hunger strike in protest of their already starvation-level meal portions, their lack of access to basic necessities

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2018 National Prison Strike: Northwest Detention Center, Washington

ByperilousAugust 24, 2018

August 24-27, 2018: According to the group Northwest Detention Center Resistance, approximately 200 detainees participate in a hunger strike "in response to the call for a national prison strike in the U.S."

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2018 National Prison Strike: North Carolina

ByperilousAugust 21, 2018

August, 2018 (exact dates uncertain): North Carolina prisoners issued a set of 8 additional demands focusing on mental health treatment and solitary confinement as well as a call for truce between various groups of prisoners. On August 20, supporters gathered for a noise

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2018 National Prison Strike: Georgia

ByperilousAugust 21, 2018

August, 2018 (exact dates uncertain): Jailhouse Lawyers Speak declare active boycotts and work stoppages at multiple facilities in Georgia, but state that "strike numbers are not yet strong enough to shut down a prison". A spokesperson for JLS reminds reporters of the brutal

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2018 National Prison Strike: Florida

ByperilousAugust 21, 2018

August, 2018 (exact dates uncertain): According to IWOC Gainesville, prisoners at five facilities in Florida engage in work strikes and commissary boycotts: Charlotte Correctional Institution, Dade Correctional Institution, Holmes Correctional Institution, Appalachee

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2018 National Prison Strike: Ohio

ByadminAugust 21, 2018

August 21-September 17, 2018 (exact end date uncertain): According to Central Ohio IWOC, at least two prisoners, David Easley and James Ward, go on hunger strike on August 21 in response to a call for a national prison strike and in protest of violence by correctional

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2018 National Prison Strike: Burnside Jail, Nova Scotia

ByperilousAugust 21, 2018

August 21 - September 9, 2018: On August 19 prisoners at Central Nova Correctional Facility in Burnside, Nova Scotia issue a statement in solidarity with the nationwide prisoner strike in the US. Their statement contained a committment to striking and a list of demands. They

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