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Uprising at Lee Correctional Institution, South Carolina

imageByperilousMarch 23, 2018
Uprising at Lee Correctional Institution, South Carolina
March 23, 2018: Prisoners overpower a guard and take control of a dorm. They hold it for an hour and a half. No damage is reported to the prison, nor injuries to prisoners or staff.

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Uprising at Great Plains Correctional Facility, Oklahoma

imageByperilousJuly 10, 2017
Uprising at Great Plains Correctional Facility, Oklahoma
July 10, 2017: Armed with baseball bats and iron pipes, 400 prisoners take control of an entire building and two recreation yards for eight hours. Taking two guards hostage, they refuse to return to their cells. Guards use pepper spray and stun grenades. An unspecified

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Uprising at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, Delaware

imageByperilousFebruary 1, 2017
Uprising at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, Delaware
February 1, 2017: Prisoners mask up and rush two officers following recreation time. They take a cell block for 18 hours, holding staff hostage, issuing demands to the media and explaining their actions as a response to conditions, the failure of non-violent protest, and the

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Uprising at Perry Correctional Institution, South Carolina

imageByperilousApril 11, 2016
Uprising at Perry Correctional Institution, South Carolina
April 11, 2016: Prisoners take control of a 180-person dorm during a 5 hour uprising, holding a guard hostage and assaulting him. While staff attempts to regain control of the unit, a total of three guards are stabbed.

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Guard Taken Hostage at Trumbull County Jail, Ohio

imageByperilousApril 23, 2014
April 23, 2014: Three inmates took a guard hostage and phoned the media in a standoff that lasted five hours.

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Uprising at Lee Correctional Institution, South Carolina

imageByperilousSeptember 13, 2012
Uprising at Lee Correctional Institution, South Carolina
September 13, 2012: A correctional guard was overpowered during an uprising in the Sumter Unit, which houses 120 prisoners. During the disturbance, prisoners took the correctional guard’s keys, pepper spray, and vest before he was held in a closet for 5 hours.

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Uprising at Lee Correctional Institution, South Carolina

imageByperilousJune 5, 2012
Uprising at Lee Correctional Institution, South Carolina
June 5, 2012: Prisoners in a special management unit overpowered a guard while the guard and a nurse were handing out nighttime medication. The nurse escaped, and the guard sustained physical injuries. Prisoners dressed the guard in inmate clothing and made phone calls to

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