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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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Attack on Guards at George R. Vierno Center, New York

ByperilousSeptember 13, 2016

September 13, 2016: Two inmates carry out simultaneous attacks on two Correctional Officers in what the media described as a planned attack. The attack comes just days after Mayor de Blasio boasts an "astonishing turnaround" in the violence at Rikers Island.

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2016 National Prison Strike: Perry Correctional Institution, South Carolina

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: Approximately 350 of the prison's 1500 prisoners refuse to work. Prison workers strike from the furniture factory, kitchen, landscaping, and janitorial duty.

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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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Attack on Guards at Nassau County Correctional Center, New York

ByperilousSeptember 6, 2016

September 6, 2016: A prisoner attacks a correctional officer, then others join in, creating an altercation that ends with nine correctional officers in the hospital with minor injuries.

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Uprising at Henry County Jail, Indiana

ByperilousAugust 3, 2016

August 3-4, 2016: Prisoners set fire to mattresses and jail uniforms on two subsequent nights. The first fire is set in the male assigned part of the jail. The next night prisoners in the women's side light another fire. Prisoners also attempt to deactivate the locks on

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Uprising at Vanderburgh County Jail, Indiana

ByperilousJuly 26, 2016

July 26, 2016: Prisoners at the Vanderburgh County Jail refused to be handcuffed, flooded their cell, put soap on the floor to trip the guards when they entered and used bed bunks and mattresses as barricades and shields. Sheriff Dave Wedding stated: “They were yelling,

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Uprising at Butler County Jail, Kansas

ByperilousJuly 10, 2016

July 10, 2016: Prisoners take control of the dining hall and refuse to return to their cells. They tip over tables, destroy surveillance equipment and set off fire extinguishers in an uprising that sparked by low quality food.

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Uprising at Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico

ByperilousMay 21, 2016

May 21, 2016: Three prisoners attack guards while at least 20 prisoners in the rec yard cover surveillance cameras with sheets and block doors. Prisoners report this resulted from a protest of poor conditions at the jail.

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Uprising at Sarpy County Jail, Nebraska

ByperilousApril 29, 2016

April 29, 2016: Four prisoners "become unruly" damaging about 11 sprinklers in the holding cell, flooding it and the public defenders' office below. The water causes approximately $100,000 in damage. The prisoners are charged with criminal mischief and terroristic threats,

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