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Documents Reveal a Series of Protests and Uprisings at Cook County Jail, Chicago

ByperilousMay 6, 2020

April 29, 2020: Documents recently released by the Cook County Sheriff's Office reveal numerous incidents of prisoner-led protest and rebellion against guards and staff in the midst of the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak at the facility. As of May 6, more than 500 detainees at the

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Inmates Set Fire to Uniforms at Cook County Jail, Chicago

ByperilousApril 15, 2017

April 15, 2017: On April 15th, inmates in the super-max wing of Cook County Jail light a wick using a microwave and set fire to a pile of uniforms meant to designate them as inmates who engage in sexual misconduct. Smoke from the fire causes the unit to be evacuated and four

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Hunger Strike at Menard Correctional Center, Illinois

ByperilousSeptember 23, 2015

Menard Correctional Center, Chester, Illinois September 23, 2015 A group of prisoners relaunched their initial hunger strike of January, 2014, claiming that the administration had not done anything to address their grievances. On the first day of the strike, about 25 people

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Disturbance at Illinois Youth Center at Kewanee

ByperilousMarch 24, 2015

March 24, 2015: According to the correctional officers union, seventeen inmates at the juvenile detention center smashed out windows at the facility and threatened one correctional officer with shards of glass.

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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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Documents Reveal a Series of Protests and Uprisings at Cook County Jail, Chicago

Inmates Set Fire to Uniforms at Cook County Jail, Chicago

Hunger Strike at Menard Correctional Center, Illinois

Disturbance at Illinois Youth Center at Kewanee

Hunger Strike at Menard Correctional Center, Illinois

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