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Disturbance at Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center, Louisiana

ByperilousMarch 24, 2020

March 24, 2020: A group of immigrant detainees at the Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center were pepper sprayed Tuesday after becoming “physically combative” in the recreation area, according to ICE officials who spoke with BuzzFeed News. Details of the incident are unclear at

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Two Protests at LaSalle ICE Processing Center, Louisiana in Response to COVID-19

ByperilousMarch 23, 2020

March 23 and March 25, 2020: Immigrant detainees at the LaSalle ICE Processing Center staged two protests last week in response to concerns over the potential spread of COVID-19 in their facility, according to government documents obtained by BuzzFeed News.

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ICE Detainees in South Texas Protest Over Lack of Response to COVID-19 Epidemic

ByperilousMarch 23, 2020

March 23, 2020: Approximately 60 immigrant detainees refused to return to their cell block Monday in protest of a lack of response on the part of the facility to the threat of COVID-19. In response to the protest, guards sprayed the protesters with OC Spray. The event was

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Protest on Rikers Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak

ByperilousMarch 21, 2020

March, 2020: In response to a growing outbreak of COVID-19 on Rikers Island, prisoners have participated in multiple protests demanding proper medical care, access to protective equipment and cleaning supplies, and release of certain high risk prisoners and prisoners with

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ICE Detainees in Alabama Protest, Hunger Strike and Threaten Suicide Amidst COVID Outbreak

ByperilousMarch 20, 2020

March 20, 2020: 2 Detainees at the Etowah County Detention Center in Alabama threaten suicide in protest as 3 new detainees are brought to the facility who may have been exposed to COVID-19.

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Sit-Down Strike at T. Don Hutto ICE Facility, Texas

ByperilousFebruary 24, 2020

February 24, 2020: Approximately 80 female detainees at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, Texas engaged in a sit-down strike in protest of indefinite detention, inadequate medical care and other issues.

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Planned Protest at Chippewa Correctional Facility, MI

ByperilousFebruary 3, 2020

February 3, 2020: In early February, three men incarcerated at Chippewa Correctional Facility in Michigan's Upper Peninsula were accused of organizing a protest at the facility.

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Detained Asylum Seekers Stage Protest at Winn Correctional Center, Louisiana

ByperilousDecember 3, 2019

December 3rd, 2019: Detainees who are currently seeking asylum in Winn Correctional Center (WCC) refused to move back to their cells in a protest over their prolonged detention, some having spent over 8 months awaiting parole.

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Hunger Strike and Protest at Bossier Medium Security Facility, Louisiana

ByperilousJuly 26, 2019

July 26 - August 2, 2019: Approximately 30 immigrant detainees were pepper-sprayed following a protest in the cafeteria of the Bossier Medium Security Facility. The protest occurred in the midst of a hunger strike at the facility that began Friday, July 26.

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Protest at Minnesota Correctional Facility – Shakopee

ByperilousJune 22, 2019

June 22, 2019: According to the Industrial Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC), 100 of the 130 prisoners in the Anthony Unit of the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee wore blue to protest treatment of LGBTQ prisoners at the facility. The Shakopee prison is a women's

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