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Uprising at Arizona State Prison at Kingman, Arizona

ByperilousJuly 1, 2015

July 1 - July 4, 2015: Prisoners at the Arizona State Prison in Kingman, a private prison run by the Management & Training Corporation (MTC), riot for three days following an attack on guards. Following the riots, the governor of Arizona announces that the state would be

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Protest and Uprising at Florence Correctional Center, Arizona

ByperilousAugust 22, 2014

August 22, 2014: A group of prisoners from Vermont and housed at the private, CCA-run facility, staged a coordinated protest, refusing to return to their cells. Prison guards responded to the protest by deploying a "chemical agent."

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Uprising at Walnut Grove Correctional Facility, Mississippi

ByperilousJuly 10, 2014

July 10, 2014: Following the seizure of a large amount of contraband by guards, dozens of prisoners chased guards out and took control of multiple housing units of the facility. During the ensuing chaos, prisoners targeted and brutally beat other prisoners, requiring at

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Mass Escape at LaSalle Parish Correctional Facility, Louisiana

ByperilousMarch 1, 2014

March 1, 2014: Three prisoners at the LaSalle Parish Correctional Facility, a private prison owned and operated by the LaSalle Management Corporation, stole a truck and escaped from the prison early Saturday morning.

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Uprising at Cimarron Correctional Facility, Oklahoma

ByperilousMarch 3, 2013

March 3, 2013: A four hour uprising occurred at Cimarron Correctional Facility, a private prison owned by the Corrections Corporation of America. Prisoners in a single housing unit smashed windows, breached security doors, broke locks and electrical equipment, and knocked

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Mass Escape at Logan Hall, New Jersey

ByperilousOctober 29, 2012

October 29, 2012: When Hurricane Sandy hit the eastern seaboard, power failed at Logan Hall, a halfway house operated by the private corporation Community Education Centers, causing the locking mechanisms on the cells to fail. Dozens of male prisoners left their cells and

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Unrest at North Fork Correctional Facility, Oklahoma

ByperilousOctober 11, 2011

October 11, 2011: Prisoners take the facility after several fights break out. Cause and duration is unclear. Guards set up a morgue on the yard using a tent, though there are no fatalities. Twelve prisoners are airlifted to a hospital for severe injuries, while more than 30

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