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Uprising at Passaic County Jail, New Jersey Due to COVID-19

ByperilousApril 5, 2020

April 5, 2020: A day after a prisoner tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed in quarantine, at least 6 other prisoners refused to follow orders to return to their cells. Sheriff's deputies allege that the prisoners grabbed sheets and set a series of small fires.

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ICE Detainees Hunger Strike at the Elizabeth Detention Center, NJ in Response to COVID-19

ByperilousMarch 20, 2020

March 20, 2020: At least forty prisoners went on hunger strike at Elizabeth Detention Center in response to poor sanitary conditions after medical staffer tested positive for COVID-19.

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ICE Detainees Hunger Strike in Hudson County, NJ in response to COVID-19

ByperilousMarch 18, 2020

March 18, 2020: Immigrant prisoners at Hudson County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center in New Jersey began a hunger strike in response to their elevated risk of contracting COVID-19.

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ICE Detainees Hunger Strike in Essex County, New Jersey in Response to COVID-19

ByperilousMarch 17, 2020

March 17, 2020 - Ongoing: A group of detainees at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark, New Jersey have organized a hunger strike demanding their immediate release as COVID-19 pandemic spreads throughout New Jersey and the world.

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Food Strike at Federal Correctional Institution, Fairton, New Jersey

ByperilousDecember 17, 2012

January 4th, 2013: Prisoners participated in a food strike in response to a new policy which would punish an entire block or unit of prisoners for not admitting to carrying "contraband."

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Mass Escape at Logan Hall, New Jersey

ByperilousOctober 29, 2012

October 29, 2012: When Hurricane Sandy hit the eastern seaboard, power failed at Logan Hall, a halfway house operated by the private corporation Community Education Centers, causing the locking mechanisms on the cells to fail. Dozens of male prisoners left their cells and

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Uprising at Passaic County Jail, New Jersey Due to COVID-19

ICE Detainees Hunger Strike at the Elizabeth Detention Center, NJ in Response to COVID-19

ICE Detainees Hunger Strike in Hudson County, NJ in response to COVID-19

ICE Detainees Hunger Strike in Essex County, New Jersey in Response to COVID-19

Food Strike at Federal Correctional Institution, Fairton, New Jersey

Mass Escape at Logan Hall, New Jersey

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