Attack on Guards at Youth Correctional Center, North Dakota
January 28, 2018: Four teenage detainees attacked guards and destroyed property in an alleged attempt to escape the facility.
Tag: Attack On Guards
Uprising at Santa Cruz County Jail, California
January 16, 2018: Prisoners tie trip lines from ripped jail-cell sheets, cover their arms with socks, hide their faces with makeshift masks and arm themselves with soap, a radio, mop, books and bottles of liquid. The 26 men housed in the west-wing L Unit complained it was
Thanksgiving Attack on Correctional Captain, Rikers Island, New York
November 23, 2017: Prisoners carry out a premeditated, retaliatory attack on a corrections captain following the captain's alleged use of excessive force.
Attack on Guards at Five Points Correctional Facility, New York
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.
Uprising at Pasquotank Correctional Institution, North Carolina
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.
Uprising at McCormick Correctional Institution, South Carolina
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.
Attack on Guards at Oahu Correctional Center, Hawaii
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.
Attack on Guards at Varner Unit, Arkansas
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.
Plot to Electrocute Guard at Lincoln Hills School, Wisconsin
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
Uprising at Norton Correctional Facility, Kansas
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.
