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Uprising at Webb County Detention Center, Texas

ByperilousDecember 11, 2018

December 11, 2018: Two correctional officers were attacked by prisoners while reportedly conducting a "cell search" at approximately 3:00 am Tuesday morning at the private prison run by CoreCivic.

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2018 National Prison Strike: Saguaro Correctional Center, Eloy, Arizona

ByperilousAugust 21, 2018

August 21, 2018: Prisoners transferred from the Nevada Department of Corrections to the Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona went on hunger strike in coordination with the National Hunger Strike.

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Hunger Strike at Leavenworth Detention Center, Kansas

ByperilousApril 30, 2018

April 30, 2018 - (end date unknown): According to the media outlet Liberation, "approximately two-thirds of the prisoners in the pre-trial detention facility participated in the first day of the hunger strike, leading the administration to extend a break time that day and to

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Hunger Strike at Eloy Detention Center, Arizona

ByperilousJune 13, 2015

June 13, 2015: Over 200 detainees sat down in the recreation yard of the Eloy Detention Center and engaged in a hunger strike in response to guard abuse and lack of medical services.

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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 Cibola County Correctional Center, New Mexico

ByperilousAugust 17, 2014

August 20, 2014: After a pattern of reported medical neglect and not providing an on-staff medical doctor, a disturbance occurred in a housing unit which then led to assaults on two correctional officers - a lieutenant and a sergeant. For approximately 45 minutes, prisoners

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Protest at Northeast Ohio Correctional Center

ByperilousAugust 12, 2014

August 12, 2014: Approximately 393 immigrant detainees refused to leave the recreation yard until the warden heard their demands. According to an incident report released by the prison, "The list of concerns were related to food, commissary prices, laundry/frequency of

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Protest at Cibola County Correctional Center, New Mexico

ByperilousMarch 27, 2013

March 27, 2013: A large group of prisoners staged a protest in the prison yard around 10 a.m. The protest lasted throughout the day, with prisoners eventually returning to their cells late that night.

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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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Uprising at Adams County Correctional Facility, Mississippi

ByperilousMay 21, 2012

May 21, 2012: Hundreds of prisoners took control of a unit at a private prison owned by Corrections Corporation of America (now Core Civic) and attempted to negotiate a meeting with the warden to voice their concerns. After guards deploy tear gas canisters, prisoners threw

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