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Hunger Strike at Central East Correctional Centre, Ontario

ByperilousOctober 16, 2016

October 16-29, 2016: Immigrant detainees re-launch their hunger strike (which had ended in July) in protest of their placement in maximum security prisons, indefinite detention of immigrants and a variety of other grievances. The outside group End Immigration Detention

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Two-Week Hunger Strike at Santa Clara County Jail, California

ByperilousOctober 15, 2016

October 17-30, 2016: More than a hundred prisoners stage a two week hunger strike in protest of prison conditions. "Prisoners United of Silicon Valley" a group well-connected with local civil rights organizers leads the strike, coordinating with other California prisons and jails.

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Hunger Strike at Alfred D. Hughes Unit, Texas

ByperilousSeptember 22, 2016

September 22 - October 1, 2016: One trans woman endures a hunger strike for more than a week to demand precedent-setting access to bras for protection, modesty during strip searches, and support during hormone therapy. Guards make threats and one guard suggests that the

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2016 National Prison Strike: Ohio

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: Hunger strikes announced at the Ohio State Penitentiary (supermax) and the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. Free Ohio Movement releases extensive list of demands. Prisoner organizer Siddique Abdullah Hasan is framed and repeatedly

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2016 National Prison Strike: Texas

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: Prisoners across seven facilities in Texas go on strike to protest their conditions of confinement, including unpaid prison labor, toxic water, mold, and excessive heat. With multiple prisons on lockdown and restrictions on both incoming and outgoing

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2016 National Prison Strike: Merced, California

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: Prisoners at two county jails in Merced engage in a mass hunger strike and work stoppage. Family members outside go on hunger strike and organize support via the FB group Live Free Merced.

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2016 National Prison Strike

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: The strike called for and supported by multiple prisoner and support organizations kicks off on the 45th anniversary of the Attica Uprising. Dozens of facilities experience some kind of disturbance or lockdown. Accurate numbers are difficult to gather

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2016 National Prison Strike: Valdosta State Prison

ByperilousSeptember 8, 2016

September 8 - 11, 2016: As part of the 2016 nationally coordinated prisoner strike, at least two prisoners attacked guards while others went on hunger strike.

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Hunger Strikes at Two Immigrant Detention Centers in Ontario

ByperilousJuly 11, 2016

July 11-29, 2016: A group of immigrant detainees in two facilities in Ontario participate in a coordinated hunger strike in protest of their placement in maximum security prisons, indefinite detention of immigrants and a variety of other grievances. The outside group End

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Protest at Toronto South Detention Centre

ByperilousJune 9, 2016

June 9, 2016: As many as 160 prisoners at the Toronto South Detention Centre refused to return to their cells in protest of inhuman conditions caused, in part, by frequent lockdowns. Prisoner sat in the prison yard during the protest.

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Hunger Strike at Central East Correctional Centre, Ontario

Two-Week Hunger Strike at Santa Clara County Jail, California

Hunger Strike at Alfred D. Hughes Unit, Texas

2016 National Prison Strike: Ohio

2016 National Prison Strike: Texas

2016 National Prison Strike: Merced, California

2016 National Prison Strike

2016 National Prison Strike: Valdosta State Prison

Hunger Strikes at Two Immigrant Detention Centers in Ontario

Protest at Toronto South Detention Centre

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