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Uprising at Bordeaux Prison, Canada in Response to COVID-19 Measures

ByperilousApril 12, 2020

April 12, 2020: Prisoners at the Montreal Detention Centre participated in a small uprising on Easter Sunday in response to measures put in place in response to the pandemic. According to an article from La Presse, prisoners have been allowed to only leave their cells in

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Hunger Strike at Laval Immigration Holding Centre, Quebec Against COVID-19 Conditions

ByperilousMarch 24, 2020

March 24, 2020: Between ten and thirty people at an immigration detention centre near Montreal began a hunger strike on March 24 to protest the inadequate measures to prevent their exposure to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Their demands include their immediate release as

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Helicopter Escape from Quebec Detention Center, Canada

ByperilousJune 7, 2014

June 7, 2014: Three prisoners escaped in a helicopter piloted by an unknown person. The helicopter landed in the yard of the prison where three prisoners boarded it before it took off westward towards Montreal. The prisoners were at large for over two weeks before law

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Helicopter Escape at Saint-Jérôme Jail, Canada

ByperilousMarch 17, 2013

March 17, 2013: Two people posing as tourists chartered a helicopter and then directed its pilot at gunpoint to fly them to break a prisoner out of jail. The prisoners were recaptured shortly after the escape about 30 miles north of the jail.

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Uprising at Bordeaux Prison, Canada in Response to COVID-19 Measures

Hunger Strike at Laval Immigration Holding Centre, Quebec Against COVID-19 Conditions

Helicopter Escape from Quebec Detention Center, Canada

Helicopter Escape at Saint-Jérôme Jail, Canada

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