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“We’re Getting Treated Like Animals”: Protests and Uprisings Spread Through Saskatchewan Jails

ByperilousJanuary 10, 2021

by Abby Stadnyk On Monday, prisoners at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre (SCC) and the Pine Grove Correctional Centre (PGCC) in Saskatchewan, Canada went on hunger strike, engaging in a self-described “peaceful protest” against the deplorable conditions and government

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Prisoners Stand Together in Response to DOC Negligence

ByperilousJanuary 2, 2021

By Lena Mercer On Saturday December 12 between 30 and 40 prisoners housed at Airway Heights Correctional Center in Washington. banded together to refuse an internal transfer that they understood would endanger them and others. COVID-19 positive infections inside Airway

ByperilousDecember 14, 2020

In the midst of a massive COVID-19 outbreak throughout the California prison system and after a month-long hunger strike at one facility, supporters and family members of prisoners converged on several Valley-area prisons Sunday before staging a demonstration in front of the

ByperilousDecember 5, 2020

Three prisoners at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (CSATF) in Corcoran, California ended their hunger strike this week after more than a month of refusing food in protest of conditions.

ByperilousNovember 13, 2020

At the end of October, in the midst of a rapidly spreading COVID-19 epidemic at the facility, a small group of prisoners in D yard have announced a work stoppage and hunger strike in protest of what they consider to be institution’s “failure to protect” them from the spread

ByperilousAugust 26, 2020

August 17, 2020- ongoing: A hunger strike was initiated by those held in administrative segregation. Families and prisoners alike are demanding transparency, justice and access to basic medical care inside a facility quickly filling with positive COVID-19 cases.

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Disturbance at Redgranite Correctional Institution, Wisconsin

ByperilousMay 12, 2020

May 11, 2020: A unit at Redgranite Correctional refused to comply with staff directives after the prison was placed on "modified movement" status, a form of lockdown. The modified status was instituted after a guard tested positive for Covid-19.

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Documents Reveal a Series of Protests and Uprisings at Cook County Jail, Chicago

ByperilousMay 6, 2020

April 29, 2020: Documents recently released by the Cook County Sheriff's Office reveal numerous incidents of prisoner-led protest and rebellion against guards and staff in the midst of the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak at the facility. As of May 6, more than 500 detainees at the

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Protest and Hunger Strike at Dillwyn Correctional Center, Virginia

ByperilousMay 2, 2020

May 2: In early May, a hunger strike and protest erupted due to COVID-19 at Dillwyn Correction Center in Virginia. Shortly after the disturbances, several prisoners were transferred to another prison for "security reasons," but the Department of Corrections in Virginia has

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Protest at D.C. Central Detention Facility, Washington, D.C.

ByperilousApril 22, 2020

April 22, 2020: Prisoners at the Central Detention Facility in Washington, D.C. engaged in shouting and refusing to remove their hands from their cells food slots in protest of conditions imposed due to COVID19 lockdown. Pepper spray was deployed by guards on two prisoners.

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“We’re Getting Treated Like Animals”: Protests and Uprisings Spread Through Saskatchewan Jails

Prisoners Stand Together in Response to DOC Negligence

Protesters Converge on Corrections Secretary’s Home and Several Prisons in California’s Central Valley

Month-Long Hunger Strike at Corcoran Prison Ends as COVID Outbreak Continues

Hunger Strike Enters Third Week at California’s Largest Prison

Hunger Strike at Eastern Oregon Correctional

Disturbance at Redgranite Correctional Institution, Wisconsin

Documents Reveal a Series of Protests and Uprisings at Cook County Jail, Chicago

Protest and Hunger Strike at Dillwyn Correctional Center, Virginia

Protest at D.C. Central Detention Facility, Washington, D.C.

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