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Disturbance at Pendleton Correctional Facility, Indiana

ByperilousApril 17, 2020

April 17, 2020: According to the Indiana Department of Corrections, a "disturbance" took place at 10:40 a.m. on April 17 at the Pendleton Correctional Facility involving four prisoners.

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Fire at Miami Correctional Facility, Indiana

ByperilousJanuary 27, 2020

January 27, 2020: Multiple prisoners started fires in their cells at Miami Correctional Facility on January 27, 2020, according to prison officials. The prisoners allegedly used paper and toilet paper with the electrical outlet to light the fires.

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2018 National Prison Strike: Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, Indiana

ByperilousAugust 27, 2018

August 27, 2018: According to the group IDOC Watch, "Several inmates in the Secure Housing Unit (SHU) at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility are initiating a hunger strike in protest of their already starvation-level meal portions, their lack of access to basic necessities

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2018 National Prison Strike

ByperilousAugust 21, 2018

August 21 - September 9, 2018 (exact dates vary based on location): Prisoners with Jailhouse Lawyers Speak and other organizations issued 10 national demands with a call to action for work stoppages, sit-down strikes, hunger strikes and boycotts of the commissary. Organizers

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Rebellion at Bartholomew County Jail, Indiana

ByperilousSeptember 4, 2017

September 4, 2017: Two prisoners kick out the mesh section of their cell doors and use them to attack guards while other prisoners flood the cell block causing a total of $8,000 in damage.

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Uprising at Henry County Jail, Indiana

ByperilousAugust 3, 2016

August 3-4, 2016: Prisoners set fire to mattresses and jail uniforms on two subsequent nights. The first fire is set in the male assigned part of the jail. The next night prisoners in the women's side light another fire. Prisoners also attempt to deactivate the locks on

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Uprising at Vanderburgh County Jail, Indiana

ByperilousJuly 26, 2016

July 26, 2016: Prisoners at the Vanderburgh County Jail refused to be handcuffed, flooded their cell, put soap on the floor to trip the guards when they entered and used bed bunks and mattresses as barricades and shields. Sheriff Dave Wedding stated: “They were yelling,

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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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