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Hunger Strike at Regina Provincial Correctional Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada

ByperilousMarch 2, 2015

March 2 - 3, 2015: At least 15 prisoners in the high security unit launch a hunger strike to demand access to outdoors exercise, freedom to practice Indigenous religious ceremonies and other demands. Forrest Pelletier, a prisoner at Regina involved in the strike, spoke with

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Hunger Strike at Georgia State Prison

ByperilousFebruary 26, 2015

February 26, 2015: At least four prisoners went on hunger strike to protest various conditions, including beatings and lack of access to sufficient food, sanitation, exercise, and an effective grievance process. They also demanded an end to the state’s Tier Program, a 2013

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Uprising and Hunger Strikes at Immigrant Detention Center in Georgia

ByperilousJune 9, 2014

June 9 - 12, 2014 (exact dates of hunger strike uncertain): At least 27 detainees "incite a disturbance" in one of the pods, protesting food quality issues. Days later, hundreds of detainees throw away their dinner, launching a hunger strike.

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Hunger Strike at Corely Detention Center in Texas

ByperilousMarch 17, 2014

March 17, 2014: Detainees at the Joe Corley Detention Center launch hunger strike in solidarity with detainees on strike in Tacoma, Washington. Outside supporters stage two solidarity actions, one at the facility, and the other in downtown Houston.

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Hunger Strike at Northwest Detention Center, Washington

ByperilousMarch 7, 2014

March 7, 2014 - May 1, 2014: At least 750 detainees launch a hunger strike and call for an end to deportations. The action begins a series of hunger strikes and outside demonstrations that will unfold throughout the year. Years later in 2017 and 2018, NWDC will be the site

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Hunger Strike at Durango Jail, Arizona

ByperilousFebruary 13, 2014

February 13, 2014 (end date unknown): At least 90 prisoners at the Durango Jail went on hunger strike to protest food quality. The strikers began their hunger strike in solidarity with one began by the women at the Estrella Jail in Phoenix earlier in the week.

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Hunger Strike at Estrella Jail, Arizona

ByperilousFebruary 10, 2014

February 10-13, 2014: At least nine women went on hunger strike to protest low-quality and spoiled food at the jail operated by Sheriff Joe Arapio.

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Hunger Strike at Menard Correctional Center, Illinois

ByperilousJanuary 15, 2014

January 15-27 , 2014: After the shutdown of Tamms, Illinois supermax facility, long term solitary confinement prisoners are transferred to Menard Correctional, one of the state's oldest and least maintained facilities. About 15 of these prisoners launch a hunger strike to

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Hunger Strike at Westville Correctional Facility, Indiana

ByperilousJanuary 13, 2014

January 13-24, 2014: A group of prisoners launch a hunger strike in protest of nutritionally deficient cold sack lunches. The lunches are the result of cutbacks by Aramark. After ten days and a protest and media campaign by outside supproters, hot lunches resume. Prison

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Hunger Strike at Potosi Correctional Facility, Missouri

ByperilousOctober 13, 2013

October 13, 2013: A group of 15 prisoners stage a week long hunger strike "to protest too much abuse, neglect, sanitation issues etc." At the launch, prisoners express their solidarity with the massive California hunger strike earlier in the year.

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