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Protest at Neuse Correctional, North Carolina in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak

ByperilousApril 2, 2020

April 2, 2020: A group of prisoners at the Neuse Correctional Institution staged a protest Thursday afternoon after receiving news that two prisoners at the facility had tested positive for COVID-19.

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Hunger Strike at Central Prison, North Carolina

ByperilousJanuary 20, 2020

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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Hunger Strike at Scotland Correctional Institution, North Carolina

ByperilousJuly 31, 2019

July 31, 2019-end date unknown: According to the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC), an unknown number of prisoners participated in a hunger strike in protest of arbitrary denial of recreation time and lack of access to notaries for legal work.

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Mass Escape at Nash County Detention Center, North Carolina

ByperilousMarch 25, 2019

March 25, 2019: Five inmates identified a camera blind spot and escaped through a hole in the fence on Monday night.

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Hunger Strike at Tabor Correctional Institution, North Carolina

ByperilousFebruary 2, 2019

February 2-9, 2019 (end date approximate): A group of seven prisoners launched a hunger strike in protest of a new policy requiring that those sending money to a prisoner's commissary account go through the process of becoming approved as visitors through the

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Hunger Strike at Polk Correctional Institution, North Carolina

ByperilousJanuary 2, 2019

January 2 - 12, 2019 (end date approximate): Prisoner Joseph Steward and several other prisoners launch a hunger strike to demand access to phone calls while in isolation. According to Steward, state law grants him phone access while in isolation.

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Uprising at Iredell County Detention Center, North Carolina

ByperilousDecember 4, 2018

December 4, 2018: Fights broke out at about 7:45pm between four detainees and guards as the detainees were being led back from visitation. As the fight escalated, a group of about 25 detainees started “becoming loud, hitting the glass in the door, and causing disturbances,”

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Attack on Guards at Iredell County Detention Center, North Carolina

ByperilousNovember 11, 2018

November 11, 2018: A fight broke out between two prison guards and four detainees during Sunday breakfast. After the altercation began between one detainee and a guard, other detainees joined in. Following the fight, charges were brought against all four prisoners.

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2018 National Prison Strike: North Carolina

ByperilousAugust 21, 2018

August, 2018 (exact dates uncertain): North Carolina prisoners issued a set of 8 additional demands focusing on mental health treatment and solitary confinement as well as a call for truce between various groups of prisoners. On August 20, supporters gathered for a noise

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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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