Columbia Correctional Institution Archives

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Uprising Over COVID-19 at Columbia River Correctional Facility, Portland, Oregon

ByperilousApril 7, 2020

April 8, 2020: After a two day soap and paper towel shortage, mixed with the lack of accurate information and resources given to them by prison officials related to COVID-19, prisoners in two of the facility's 80-person units clashed with guards, taking over the units for 3

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Coordinated Hunger Strike at Two Wisconsin Prisons

ByperilousMarch 26, 2019

March 26 - April 22, 2019: Nine prisoners at two Wisconsin prisons began a hunger strike demanding an end to indefinite solitary confinement. Their demands cited the recently elected governor's campaign promises to reform solitary confinement practices. The hunger strike was

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Dying to Live Hunger Strikes, Wisconsin

ByperilousJune 7, 2016

June 7, 2016 - January 26, 2017: A group of prisoners at Waupun Correctional announce the “Dying to Live” hunger strike against long term solitary confinement. The protest spreads as prisoners in Columbia and Green Bay join or organize rolling hunger strikes under different