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Disturbance at Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center During COVID-19 Quarantine

imageByperilousApril 3, 2020
Disturbance at Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center During COVID-19 Quarantine
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

imageByperilousApril 2, 2020
Hunger Strike at Franklin County Jail, Pennsylvania
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

imageByperilousMarch 29, 2020
ICE Detainees Hunger Strike at York County Prison, PA Due to COVID-19
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

imageByperilousSeptember 2, 2019
Uprising at George W. Hill Correctional Center, Pennsylvania
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

imageByperilousJuly 4, 2019
Hunger Strike at SCI-Fayette, Pennsylvania
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

imageByperilousApril 28, 2015
Disturbance at SCI Houtzdale, Pennsylvania
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

imageByperilousJune 16, 2014
Food Strike at SCI Coal Township, Pennsylvania
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

imageByperilousFebruary 26, 2011
Disturbance at The Meadows Behavioral Health Treatment Facility, Pennsylvania
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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