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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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Uprising at Krome Detention Center, Florida

ByperilousApril 7, 2020

April 7, 2020 - Detainees at Krome Detention Center came into conflict with guards in two different units on Tuesday, April 7th. Krome had been the site of a sizable hunger strike just 5 days prior, involving at least 62 detainees. The prisoners had been demanding immediate

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ICE Detainees Hunger Strike in Glades County, Florida Protesting Inaction on COVID-19

ByperilousMarch 22, 2020

March 22, 2020: Immigrant detainees at Glades County Detention Center in Florida began a hunger strike to protest the facilities negligence and refusal to take adequate measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Three days later, on March 25, the number of hunger

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Uprising at Palmetto Youth Academy, Florida

ByperilousSeptember 4, 2019

September 4, 2019: Forty-three juveniles engaged in an uprising, throwing chairs and breaking windows.

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Disturbance at Palm Beach Youth Academy, Florida

ByperilousSeptember 21, 2018

September 21, 2018: At least six juvenile detainees reportedly grabbed staff who were trying to take another boy back to his cell. During the melee, the boys flipped tables and threw chairs, threatened staff and destroyed property. Specific details remain unclear. Following

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Hamilton Correctional Annex, Florida: 100 Prisoners “Become Noncompliant”

ByperilousSeptember 7, 2018

September 7, 2018: Staff mobilize security teams and law enforcement from the surrounding area to contain prisoners who "became noncompliant" on the recreation yard. News helicopters captured images of prisoners, dressed in white, in the yard confronted by a line of guards.

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2018 National Prison Strike: Florida

ByperilousAugust 21, 2018

August, 2018 (exact dates uncertain): According to IWOC Gainesville, prisoners at five facilities in Florida engage in work strikes and commissary boycotts: Charlotte Correctional Institution, Dade Correctional Institution, Holmes Correctional Institution, Appalachee

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2018 National Prison Strike

ByperilousAugust 21, 2018

August 21 - September 9, 2018 (exact dates vary based on location): Prisoners with Jailhouse Lawyers Speak and other organizations issued 10 national demands with a call to action for work stoppages, sit-down strikes, hunger strikes and boycotts of the commissary. Organizers

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Uprising at Volusia Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Florida

ByperilousJuly 15, 2018

July 15, 2018: At least nine incarcerated teenagers participate in an uprising after taking keys to the common area from an officer. The prisoners fought guards with metal food trays and destroyed prison infrastructure. The prisoners held control of the prison for about a

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Juneteenth Work Stoppage at Martin Correctional Institution, Florida

ByperilousJune 19, 2018

June 19th, 2018: In response to a call from the prisoner group SPARC for “community organizing and direct action” on Juneteenth, at least 50 prisoners at Martin Correctional Institution in Florida refused to go to work or to the dining hall and instead held prayer groups,

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