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Disturbance at Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center During COVID-19 Quarantine

ByperilousApril 3, 2020

April 3, 2020: Nine prisoners under quarantine at the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center threw commissary containers at the windows of their cells in an apparent effort to break the glass. Guards responded in riot gear and used pepper spray on the prisoners.

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Hunger Strike at Franklin County Jail, Pennsylvania

ByperilousApril 2, 2020

March 30, 2020: A hunger strike at the Franklin County Jail which began on March 30 spread to a second block and won a few improvements in the preventive measures taken to limit the spread of COVID-19.

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ICE Detainees Hunger Strike at York County Prison, PA Due to COVID-19

ByperilousMarch 29, 2020

March 29, 2020: At least 180 detainees went on hunger strike at the York County Prison, demanding they be released due to the potential spread of COVID-19 in the facility. This comes as COVID-19 spreads across detention centers in the United States.

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Uprising at George W. Hill Correctional Center, Pennsylvania

ByperilousSeptember 2, 2019

September 2, 2019: Two blocks erupted in a "full-blown riot" and an emergency response team responded with the use of pepper ball bullets and batons.

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Hunger Strike at SCI-Fayette, Pennsylvania

ByperilousJuly 4, 2019

July 4, 2019-end date unknown: According to the Pennsylvania-based prisoner rights advocacy group the Human Rights Coalition, 16 prisoners went on hunger strike to protest a variety of conditions including "repeated physical abuse from guards, sexual harassment, extensive

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Disturbance at SCI Houtzdale, Pennsylvania

ByperilousApril 28, 2015

April 28, 2015: According to charges filed by a Pennsylvania State Trooper, a group of prisoners at SCI Houtzdale attacked guards after one guard tried to break up a fight between prisoners in the prison yard.

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Food Strike at SCI Coal Township, Pennsylvania

ByperilousJune 16, 2014

June 16, 2014: Approximately 1,300 prisoners participated in a food strike at SCI Coal Township in Central Pennsylvania in protest of a variety of conditions at the prison, including a recent cut back in food portions.

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Disturbance at The Meadows Behavioral Health Treatment Facility, Pennsylvania

ByperilousFebruary 26, 2011

February 26, 2011 (exact date unknown): An unknown number of juveniles participated in a disturbance that injured several employees and a state trooper. Five juveniles between the ages of 13 and 17 were arrested following the incident and charged with aggravated assault,

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