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Work Strike at Rush City Correctional Facility, Minnesota

ByperilousNovember 30, 2018

November 30, 2018: 115 prisoners who work at the prison's anagram balloon factory went on strike in response to delays in delivery of canteen items and abuse by guards. Prisoners state that the administration recently changed the amount of time it takes for canteen items to

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Hamilton Correctional Annex, Florida: 100 Prisoners “Become Noncompliant”

ByperilousSeptember 7, 2018

September 7, 2018: Staff mobilize security teams and law enforcement from the surrounding area to contain prisoners who "became noncompliant" on the recreation yard. News helicopters captured images of prisoners, dressed in white, in the yard confronted by a line of guards.

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Protest at Northeast Correctional Center, Missouri

ByperilousAugust 22, 2018

August 22, 2018: Prisoners refused orders to return to their cells and engaged in a non-violent sit-down protest in order to raise grievances regarding lack of recreation time.

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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: Burnside Jail, Nova Scotia

ByperilousAugust 21, 2018

August 21 - September 9, 2018: On August 19 prisoners at Central Nova Correctional Facility in Burnside, Nova Scotia issue a statement in solidarity with the nationwide prisoner strike in the US. Their statement contained a committment to striking and a list of demands. They

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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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Protest at South Central Correctional Center, Missouri

ByperilousAugust 17, 2018

August 17 - 21, 2018 (exact end date uncertain): Prisoners in the administrative segregation (ad-seg) unit engage in a collective protest in order to raise grievances regarding conditions in the unit. Prisoners use a tactic of refusing their cellmates on the basis of

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2018 National Prison Strike: Lea County Correctional Facility, New Mexico

ByperilousAugust 8, 2018

August 9, 2018: Four housing units at the private GEO Group prison refuse orders and go on strike in response to harassment and abuse. Prisoners cite admin cutting visitation and guards harassing prisoners family members, including strip searching elders.

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Protest and Uprising at Tipton Correctional Center, Missouri

ByperilousJuly 4, 2018

July 4, 2018: Upset by rules changes imposing stricter limits on movement and the ability to congregate together, prisoners in at least three units refuse orders, cover security cameras, and engage in property destruction. In one unit they break windows and damage walls.

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Protest at Eastern Correctional Institute, Maryland

ByperilousJune 21, 2018

June 21, 2018: Prisoners at the Eastern Correctional Institute in Maryland stage a protest in which, according to a former correctional officer who spoke on condition of anonymity to WBOC in Maryland, at least 600 disobey orders and refuse to go back to their cells in a

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Work Strike at Rush City Correctional Facility, Minnesota

Hamilton Correctional Annex, Florida: 100 Prisoners “Become Noncompliant”

Protest at Northeast Correctional Center, Missouri

2018 National Prison Strike: North Carolina

2018 National Prison Strike: Burnside Jail, Nova Scotia

2018 National Prison Strike

Protest at South Central Correctional Center, Missouri

2018 National Prison Strike: Lea County Correctional Facility, New Mexico

Protest and Uprising at Tipton Correctional Center, Missouri

Protest at Eastern Correctional Institute, Maryland

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