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Uprising at Maui Community Correctional Center, Hawaii

imageByperilousMarch 11, 2019
Uprising at Maui Community Correctional Center, Hawaii
March 11, 2019: At least 42 prisoners refused to return to their cells at the end of recreation time and instead caused "significant damage" to prison infrastructure. The uprising occurred in two pods of the housing unit. Prisoners broke sprinklers, leading to flooding in

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Uprising at Crawford County Detention Center, Arkansas

imageByperilousMarch 8, 2019
March 8, 2019: When a sergeant and a deputy attempted to remove a prisoner from a pod containing 40 prisoners, the other 39 prisoners interfered. When the prisoner was removed, the rest of the prisoners attacked prison infrastructure, destroying televisions, lights, ceiling

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Uprising at The Hills Youth and Family Services, Minnesota

imageByperilousMarch 4, 2019
Uprising at The Hills Youth and Family Services, Minnesota
March 4, 2019: A disturbance began when a detainee at the privately-owned and operated residential youth treatment center hit a staff member in the face. The event escalated until a large group of detainees had barricaded themselves in a room while other small groups were

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Uprising at Lee County Juvenile Detention Center, Iowa

imageByperilousJanuary 20, 2019
Uprising at Lee County Juvenile Detention Center, Iowa
January 20, 2019: Four juvenile detainees participated in an uprising in the day room of the juvenile detention center. The juveniles destroyed property and sprayed fire extinguishers, setting off alarms. All four were charged with 2nd-Degree Criminal Mischief and

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Uprising at Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility, Ohio

imageByperilousJanuary 20, 2019
Uprising at Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility, Ohio
January 20, 2019: A small uprising occurred after one juvenile inmate threw urine at a correctional officer.

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Uprising at Robert N. Davoren Complex, Rikers Island, New York

imageByperilousDecember 11, 2018
Uprising at Robert N. Davoren Complex, Rikers Island, New York
December 11, 2018: A group of about 10 prisoners barricaded themselves into the cafeteria unit of the jail at 11:30 am and used mattresses to defend themselves against guards. In the video, guards are seen spraying pepper spray on the prisoners and violently tackling them.

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Uprising at Webb County Detention Center, Texas

imageByperilousDecember 11, 2018
Uprising at Webb County Detention Center, Texas
December 11, 2018: Two correctional officers were attacked by prisoners while reportedly conducting a "cell search" at approximately 3:00 am Tuesday morning at the private prison run by CoreCivic.

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Uprising at Lee County Juvenile Detention Center, Iowa

imageByperilousDecember 6, 2018
Uprising at Lee County Juvenile Detention Center, Iowa
December 6, 2018: Three juvenile detainees participated in an uprising in the day room of the detention center. Lee County Sheriff Stacy Weber spoke with The Hawk Eye, saying, “I’ve never seen it to this extent,” Weber said, describing the state of the day room where what he

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Uprising at Iredell County Detention Center, North Carolina

imageByperilousDecember 4, 2018
Uprising at Iredell County Detention Center, North Carolina
December 4, 2018: Fights broke out at about 7:45pm between four detainees and guards as the detainees were being led back from visitation. As the fight escalated, a group of about 25 detainees started “becoming loud, hitting the glass in the door, and causing disturbances,”

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Uprising at Larned Correctional, Kansas

imageByperilousNovember 6, 2018
Uprising at Larned Correctional, Kansas
November 6, 2018: A series of fights led to a riot in all five units of the Central Facility, leading to "extensive damage" to all of them. Kansas Department of Correction spokesman Samir Arif stated that “the fights were contained to the living unit pods. Some inmates were

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