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Hunger Strike at Adelanto ICE Processing Center, California

imageByperilousApril 5, 2020
Hunger Strike at Adelanto ICE Processing Center, California
April 5 - ongoing: A series of hunger strikes have occurred in the Adelanto ICE Processing Center involving an estimated 100-180 detainees. The strikers are protesting the lack of basic sanitation and their continued confinement during a global pandemic that continues to

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Hunger Strike at Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility Over COVID-19, Rhode Island

imageByperilousApril 4, 2020
Hunger Strike at Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility Over COVID-19, Rhode Island
April 3rd, 2020: Nearly 70 detainees engaged in a hunger strike to demand their immediate release amid concerns about the potential rapid spread of COVID-19 among detainees

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Hunger Strike at Otay Mesa ICE Detention Center, California

imageByperilousApril 3, 2020
Hunger Strike at Otay Mesa ICE Detention Center, California
April 3 - (end date unknown): At least 12 detainees at the Otay Mesa Detention Facility organized a hunger strike to demand an effective response to Covid-19.

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ICE Detainees Hunger Strike at Farmville Detention Center in Response to COVID-19

imageByperilousApril 3, 2020
ICE Detainees Hunger Strike at Farmville Detention Center in Response to COVID-19
March 31: Approximately 100 detainees at the Farmville Detention Center organized a hunger strike in response a COVID-19 outbreak.

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Disturbance at Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center During COVID-19 Quarantine

imageByperilousApril 3, 2020
Disturbance at Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center During COVID-19 Quarantine
April 3, 2020: Nine prisoners under quarantine at the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center threw commissary containers at the windows of their cells in an apparent effort to break the glass. Guards responded in riot gear and used pepper spray on the prisoners.

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100 Prisoners in Connecticut Transferred after Threatening to Organize Protests about COVID-19

imageByperilousApril 3, 2020
100 Prisoners in Connecticut Transferred after Threatening to Organize Protests about COVID-19
April 3, 2020: Over 100 prisoners were transferred after they threatened to organize hunger strikes and work stoppages to protest the facility’s new rules aimed at avoiding the spread of COVID-19. The recently implemented rules limit the movement of prisoners and require

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Uprising at El Paso County Jail over New COVID-19 Restrictions

imageByperilousApril 2, 2020
Uprising at El Paso County Jail over New COVID-19 Restrictions
April 2, 2020: After being informed of new restrictions due to COVID-19, an argument and disturbance between deputies and prisoners ensued around one of the new restrictions that forces prisoners to eat on their bunks, instead of in the usual common areas.  In response,

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Protest at Neuse Correctional, North Carolina in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak

imageByperilousApril 2, 2020
Protest at Neuse Correctional, North Carolina in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak
April 2, 2020: A group of prisoners at the Neuse Correctional Institution staged a protest Thursday afternoon after receiving news that two prisoners at the facility had tested positive for COVID-19.

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Hunger Strike at Krome Detention Center, Florida

imageByperilousApril 2, 2020
Hunger Strike at Krome Detention Center, Florida
April 2, 2020 - Detainees at the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County, Florida launched a hunger strike on Thursday, April 2. The detainees cited the pandemic as a primary motivator in the strike, releasing a video statement at the start of the strike to a Miami

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Hunger Strike at Franklin County Jail, Pennsylvania

imageByperilousApril 2, 2020
Hunger Strike at Franklin County Jail, Pennsylvania
March 30, 2020: A hunger strike at the Franklin County Jail which began on March 30 spread to a second block and won a few improvements in the preventive measures taken to limit the spread of COVID-19.

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