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2018 National Prison Strike: California

ByperilousAugust 9, 2018

August 9 - September 23, 2018 (exact dates uncertain): Prisoner members of the group United Kings Against Genocidal Environments (KAGE) engaged in a hunger strike at California State Prison, Los Angeles County in response to the call for a National Prison Strike. One source

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Uprising at Santa Cruz County Jail, California

ByperilousJanuary 16, 2018

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

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Hunger Strike at Folsom State Prison, California

ByperilousMay 25, 2017

May 25, 2017: Prisoners in the administrative segregation unit launch a hunger strike in protest of conditions which they claim "constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the U.S. Constitution."

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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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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 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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Uprising at California Correctional Center, Susanville

ByperilousDecember 20, 2016

December 20-21, 2016: A riot involving at least a hundred prisoners breaks out in the medium security unit. Guards fire live ammunition at prisoners and one prisoner is shot.

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Two-Week Hunger Strike at Santa Clara County Jail, California

ByperilousOctober 15, 2016

October 17-30, 2016: More than a hundred prisoners stage a two week hunger strike in protest of prison conditions. "Prisoners United of Silicon Valley" a group well-connected with local civil rights organizers leads the strike, coordinating with other California prisons and jails.

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2016 National Prison Strike: Merced, California

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: Prisoners at two county jails in Merced engage in a mass hunger strike and work stoppage. Family members outside go on hunger strike and organize support via the FB group Live Free Merced.

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Escape from Orange County Central Men’s Jail

ByperilousJanuary 22, 2016

January 22, 2016: Three men escaped from the Orange County Central Men's Jail and are the subject of a significant manhunt. Two of the men remained on the run for a week and made it all the way to San Francisco before they were finally caught.

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