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Disturbance at Bridge City Center for Youth, Louisiana

ByperilousApril 20, 2020

April 20, 2020: Juveniles held at the Bridge City Center for Youth engaged in a disturbance that included 4 dormitory units. Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputies responded with a SWAT team to a call at approximately 8:30 p.m. to reports of prisoners fighting with each other

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Attack on Guard at Sumter Correctional Institution, Florida

ByperilousApril 19, 2020

April 19, 2020: Multiple prisoners confined at Sumter Correctional Institution in Bushnell, Florida, attacked a guard. On the day of the attack, the cases of COVID-19 at Sumter Correctional had risen from seven to 24.

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Disturbance at Pendleton Correctional Facility, Indiana

ByperilousApril 17, 2020

April 17, 2020: According to the Indiana Department of Corrections, a "disturbance" took place at 10:40 a.m. on April 17 at the Pendleton Correctional Facility involving four prisoners.

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Food Strike at Ontario Correctional Institute in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak

ByperilousApril 16, 2020

April 16, 2020: Prisoners refuse to eat meals in cafeteria following a COVID-19 outbreak.

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Uprising at Bordeaux Prison, Canada in Response to COVID-19 Measures

ByperilousApril 12, 2020

April 12, 2020: Prisoners at the Montreal Detention Centre participated in a small uprising on Easter Sunday in response to measures put in place in response to the pandemic. According to an article from La Presse, prisoners have been allowed to only leave their cells in

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Uprising at Crossroads Juvenile Center in Brooklyn, New York

ByperilousApril 12, 2020

April 12, 2020: An uprising involving at least eight detainees occurred on the evening of Sunday, April 12, 2020, at the Crossroads Juvenile Center in Brooklyn, New York. The incident was in response to a recent policy to transfer youth detainees due to COVID-19. According

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Uprising at Stewart Detention Center, Georgia

ByperilousApril 10, 2020

April 9, 2020: Detainees at Stewart Detention Center participated in an uprising on the yard and guards responded with chemical weapons.

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Over 100 Detainees at Mesa Verde ICE Facility Stage Hunger Strike Over COVID-19

ByperilousApril 9, 2020

April 9, 2020: More than 100 detainees engaged in a hunger strike, demanding ICE officials do more to protect them from the spread of COVID-19. The strike was initiated by the women detainees and it eventually spread to one of the male wings of the facility.

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Protest at Cedar Creek Correctional, Washington in Response to COVID-19

ByperilousApril 9, 2020

April 9, 2020: Responding to the spread of COVID-19 in the facility, approximately 30 prisoners staged an evening protest demanding better protections against the virus. Family members and journalists were called and prison officials allowed them to speak with the prisoners

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Uprising at FCI Oakdale I, Louisiana Following Multiple COVID-19 Deaths

ByperilousApril 8, 2020

April 8, 2020: A ruckus ensued in response to an effort by staff to move prisoners who had just finished a two week quarantine due to them potentially having COIVID-19, into housing units with no known COVID-19 cases.

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