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Uprising at Vanderburgh County Jail, Indiana

ByperilousJuly 26, 2016

July 26, 2016: Prisoners at the Vanderburgh County Jail refused to be handcuffed, flooded their cell, put soap on the floor to trip the guards when they entered and used bed bunks and mattresses as barricades and shields. Sheriff Dave Wedding stated: “They were yelling,

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Cavs Fan Rebellion at Rikers Island

ByperilousJune 19, 2016

June 19, 2016: After the COs broke a promise to allow the inmates to watch the Cavs game 7 of the NBA finals, inmates built barricades and held the rec room for two hours.

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Disturbance During Power Outage and Forced Evacuation at Luther Unit in Texas

ByperilousMay 21, 2016

May 21, 2016: At least 50 prisoners refused to comply with orders to return to their cells during a power outage caused by flooding. After prisoners protested for an hour, guards used chemical agents to subdue the protest and send three prisoners to the hospital for unknown

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Uprising at Sarpy County Jail, Nebraska

ByperilousApril 29, 2016

April 29, 2016: Four prisoners "become unruly" damaging about 11 sprinklers in the holding cell, flooding it and the public defenders' office below. The water causes approximately $100,000 in damage. The prisoners are charged with criminal mischief and terroristic threats,

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Protest at York County Jail, Maine

ByperilousApril 13, 2016

April 13, 2016: At least half of the 79 prisoners in general population refuse to go to their cells in a "non-violent protest" of recent policy changes at the jail. Initially "mischaracterized as a riot" according to Sheriff William King, the protest brings emergency

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Prisoners “Take Over” Alcorn County Correctional Facility, Mississippi

ByperilousOctober 29, 2015

October 29, 2015: 240 prisoners are transferred after it comes to light that prisoners had been "basically running" the jail. Prisoners had been leaving the facility to work on private property and even crossing state lines. Authorities seize weapons, drugs, cell phones and

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Uprising at Donaldson Correctional Facility, Alabama

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2015

September 9, 2015: After days of lockdown and other unusual restrictions on their movement, inmates rush an unlocked door of the dining hall en-masse and occupy it before also taking over the common area and refusing to lock down. They fight guards who attempt to subdue

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Uprising at Bibb Correctional Facility, Alabama

ByperilousJuly 30, 2015

July 30, 2015: Sixteen inmates barricaded their dorm on Thursday, blocking officers from entering. After taking control of the dorm the inmates disconnected the electricity causing a minor fire and caused a significant amount of property damage. No one was injured in the

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Disturbance at SCI Houtzdale, Pennsylvania

ByperilousApril 28, 2015

April 28, 2015: According to charges filed by a Pennsylvania State Trooper, a group of prisoners at SCI Houtzdale attacked guards after one guard tried to break up a fight between prisoners in the prison yard.

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Disturbance at Illinois Youth Center at Kewanee

ByperilousMarch 24, 2015

March 24, 2015: According to the correctional officers union, seventeen inmates at the juvenile detention center smashed out windows at the facility and threatened one correctional officer with shards of glass.

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