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Hunger Strike at Central Prison, North Carolina

imageByperilousJanuary 20, 2020
Hunger Strike at Central Prison, North Carolina
January 20, 2020 - ongoing: Sixteen prisoners went on hunger strike on MLK Day in solidarity with two hundred prisoners allegedly facing brutality in the prison’s mental health unit.

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Coordinated Hunger Strike at Two Wisconsin Prisons

imageByperilousMarch 26, 2019
Coordinated Hunger Strike at Two Wisconsin Prisons
March 26 - April 22, 2019: Nine prisoners at two Wisconsin prisons began a hunger strike demanding an end to indefinite solitary confinement. Their demands cited the recently elected governor's campaign promises to reform solitary confinement practices. The hunger strike was

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Operation Push: Florida Work Stoppage

imageByperilousJanuary 15, 2018
Operation Push: Florida Work Stoppage
January 15, 2018: Prisoners across the Florida prison system organized a work stoppage beginning on Martin Luther King Jr. day. The strikers issued demands and engaged in boycotts of commissary.

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2016 National Prison Strike: Deer Ridge Correctional Institution, Oregon

imageByperilousSeptember 9, 2016
2016 National Prison Strike: Deer Ridge Correctional Institution, Oregon
September 9, 2016: Several strike organizers inside Deer Ridge CI are preemptively transferred to avoid a kitchen work stoppage. Outside supporters organize a related phone zap and hold a rowdy demo in downtown Portland.

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2016 National Prison Strike: Texas

imageByperilousSeptember 9, 2016
2016 National Prison Strike: Texas
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

imageByperilousSeptember 9, 2016
2016 National Prison Strike
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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Rolling Work Strikes in Prisons Throughout Texas

imageByperilousApril 4, 2016
Rolling Work Strikes in Prisons Throughout Texas
April 4-20, 2016: Prisoners call for a strike across Texas, spreading the word to the outside primarily through Incarcerated Worker's Organizing Committee (IWOC) networks. At least 4 prisons participate in the rolling work strikes. The announcement of the nationally

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Free Alabama Movement Second Strike Attempt

imageByperilousApril 18, 2014
April 18-20, 2014: Following the January action, FAM spokespeople attempt to announce statewide strike through media outreach. Pre-emptive transfers and isolation of strike leaders stunts participation.

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