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Uprising at Lee Correctional Institution, South Carolina

ByperilousMarch 23, 2018

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

ByperilousJuly 10, 2017

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

ByperilousFebruary 1, 2017

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

ByperilousApril 11, 2016

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

ByperilousApril 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

ByperilousSeptember 13, 2012

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

ByperilousJune 5, 2012

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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Uprising at Lee Correctional Institution, South Carolina

Uprising at Great Plains Correctional Facility, Oklahoma

Uprising at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, Delaware

Uprising at Perry Correctional Institution, South Carolina

Guard Taken Hostage at Trumbull County Jail, Ohio

Uprising at Lee Correctional Institution, South Carolina

Uprising at Lee Correctional Institution, South Carolina

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