Riot Archives - Page 9 of 14

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Uprising at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, Massachusetts

ByperilousJanuary 10, 2017

January 10, 2017: After a fight broke out during recreation, officers ordered prisoners to return to their cells without showers. This caused a standoff--prisoners refused to return into their cells and forced guards out of the unit. Prisoners took control of a cellblock and

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Uprising at California Correctional Center, Susanville

ByperilousDecember 20, 2016

December 20-21, 2016: A riot involving at least a hundred prisoners breaks out in the medium security unit. Guards fire live ammunition at prisoners and one prisoner is shot.

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Uprising at Saskatchewan Penitentiary, Canada

ByperilousDecember 14, 2016

December 14, 2016: At least 185 prisoners refuse to attend their normally-scheduled activities and instead mask up, destroy surveillance cameras, erect barricades, set fires, destroy significant portions of the prison and smash a hole in the floor so they can move to

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Uprising at El Paso County Jail, Colorado

ByperilousNovember 21, 2016

November 21, 2016: Nine prisoners engaged in a five hour long standoff with guards after the Colorado jail switched it's food provider to Trinity Food Services, which prisoners complained was giving inadequate portions.

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Uprising at Neuse Correctional Institution, North Carolina

ByperilousOctober 23, 2016

October 23, 2016: Prisoners start fires in two buildings of the prison, break windows, damage dorms and attack two prison vehicles.

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South Carolina Rebellion

ByperilousSeptember 26, 2016

September 26-30, 2016: Amid frequent shakedowns, transfers and other retaliation for participating in the nation-wide strike, a prisoner named Michael Lorenzo Jones is killed in a fight between prisoners at McCormick CI. The Department of Corrections responds with a

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2016 National Prison Strike: Uprising at Kinross Correctional Facility, Michigan

ByperilousSeptember 10, 2016

September 10, 2016: Prisoners at Kinross Correctional Facility organize a work stoppage and sit-down protest that escalates into a mass protest in the prison yard demonstrating the unity of the prisoners. After being promised that their demands will be heard, the prisoners

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2016 National Prison Strike

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: The strike called for and supported by multiple prisoner and support organizations kicks off on the 45th anniversary of the Attica Uprising. Dozens of facilities experience some kind of disturbance or lockdown. Accurate numbers are difficult to gather

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2016 National Prison Strike: Florida

ByperilousSeptember 7, 2016

September 7-12, 2016: Kicking the September 9 strike off early, 400 prisoners at Holmes Correctional rebel, damaging nearly every dorm in the facility. Several hundred more prisoners participate in disruptions and work stoppages in other facilities across northern Florida.

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Uprising at Henry County Jail, Indiana

ByperilousAugust 3, 2016

August 3-4, 2016: Prisoners set fire to mattresses and jail uniforms on two subsequent nights. The first fire is set in the male assigned part of the jail. The next night prisoners in the women's side light another fire. Prisoners also attempt to deactivate the locks on

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