Uprising at Lorrie Yeager Jr. Juvenile Center, West Virginia
February 18, 2014: Six teens are charged with rioting after an uprising that did more than $40,000 in damages.
Tag: Riot
Uprising at Central East Correctional Centre, Ontario
February 6, 2014: Kawartha Lakes Police responded with a heavy police presence to a disturbance at Central East Correctional Centre. According to prison officials, inmates in one unit of the prison reportedly started multiple small fires and damaged their cells and the unit
Uprising at Avon Park Youth Academy, Florida
August 17, 2013: A fight between two groups of juvenile detainees escalated into an uprising that destroyed 18 of facility's 20 buildings, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. The boys stole a guard's radio and all of the facility's golf carts and set a trash
Protest and Uprising at Arizona State Prison Complex–Lewis
April 9, 2013: Approximately 40 prisoners refused to leave the dining hall and, as the protest escalated, damaged prison infrastructure. According to a source who spoke with Survivors of Prison Violence Arizona, the conflict began when all the kitchen staff were fired and
Uprising at Cimarron Correctional Facility, Oklahoma
March 3, 2013: A four hour uprising occurred at Cimarron Correctional Facility, a private prison owned by the Corrections Corporation of America. Prisoners in a single housing unit smashed windows, breached security doors, broke locks and electrical equipment, and knocked
Uprising at Whatcom County Jail, Washington
October 24, 2012: Six inmates at Whatcom County Jail tore metal pieces off the ventilation system and used them to cause $15,000 in damage to their cell block. After one hour, emergency response teams regained control. One of the rioters was treated for a leg injury in the
Uprising at Adams County Correctional Facility, Mississippi
May 21, 2012: Hundreds of prisoners took control of a unit at a private prison owned by Corrections Corporation of America (now Core Civic) and attempted to negotiate a meeting with the warden to voice their concerns. After guards deploy tear gas canisters, prisoners threw
Uprising at Merrimack County House of Corrections, New Hampshire
April 10, 2012: Approximately 15 prisoners in the Delta Unit refused to lock down and took control of their tier. They built a barricade, wore masks over their faces and destroyed televisions and sprinkler heads. They held control of the unit for almost 3 hours before
Uprising at Lieber Correctional Institute, South Carolina
January 18, 2012: Prisoners assaulted two officers, took their keys and destroyed the Ashley dorm in an uprising that lasted five hours. Approximately 220 prisoners participated in the uprising. Lieber Correctional Institution Major Thierry Nettles told WCSC, "there wasn't
Attack on Guards at Gus Harrison Correctional Facility, Michigan
October 21, 2011: After guards confronted a prisoner who they say was not supposed to be in the day room at the time, the prisoner punched a guard and a group of prisoners faced down guards together, shouting threats and, according to a spokesperson for the Michigan
