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Prisoners Stand Together in Response to DOC Negligence

ByperilousJanuary 2, 2021

By Lena Mercer On Saturday December 12 between 30 and 40 prisoners housed at Airway Heights Correctional Center in Washington. banded together to refuse an internal transfer that they understood would endanger them and others. COVID-19 positive infections inside Airway

ByperilousDecember 28, 2020

At about 9 p.m. Sunday night, law enforcement vehicles were staged at the entrance to McCormick Correctional Institution in South Carolina according to reporting by local News Channel 6. An hour later, local media outlets as well as prisoner-run social media accounts were

ByperilousDecember 5, 2020

Three prisoners at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (CSATF) in Corcoran, California ended their hunger strike this week after more than a month of refusing food in protest of conditions.

ByperilousNovember 26, 2020

Hundreds of prisoners in the Cook Unit of the Eyman prison in Florence, Arizona reportedly surrounded prison staff and destroyed prison infrastructure during an uprising Wednesday afternoon

ByperilousNovember 13, 2020

At the end of October, in the midst of a rapidly spreading COVID-19 epidemic at the facility, a small group of prisoners in D yard have announced a work stoppage and hunger strike in protest of what they consider to be institution’s “failure to protect” them from the spread

ByperilousAugust 26, 2020

August 17, 2020- ongoing: A hunger strike was initiated by those held in administrative segregation. Families and prisoners alike are demanding transparency, justice and access to basic medical care inside a facility quickly filling with positive COVID-19 cases.

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Disturbance at Redgranite Correctional Institution, Wisconsin

ByperilousMay 12, 2020

May 11, 2020: A unit at Redgranite Correctional refused to comply with staff directives after the prison was placed on "modified movement" status, a form of lockdown. The modified status was instituted after a guard tested positive for Covid-19.

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Protest and Hunger Strike at Dillwyn Correctional Center, Virginia

ByperilousMay 2, 2020

May 2: In early May, a hunger strike and protest erupted due to COVID-19 at Dillwyn Correction Center in Virginia. Shortly after the disturbances, several prisoners were transferred to another prison for "security reasons," but the Department of Corrections in Virginia has

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Attack on Guard at Sumter Correctional Institution, Florida

ByperilousApril 19, 2020

April 19, 2020: Multiple prisoners confined at Sumter Correctional Institution in Bushnell, Florida, attacked a guard. On the day of the attack, the cases of COVID-19 at Sumter Correctional had risen from seven to 24.

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Disturbance at Pendleton Correctional Facility, Indiana

ByperilousApril 17, 2020

April 17, 2020: According to the Indiana Department of Corrections, a "disturbance" took place at 10:40 a.m. on April 17 at the Pendleton Correctional Facility involving four prisoners.

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Prisoners Stand Together in Response to DOC Negligence

Guard Locked in a Cell During Disturbance at McCormick Correctional

Month-Long Hunger Strike at Corcoran Prison Ends as COVID Outbreak Continues

Uprising Involves Hundreds of Prisoners at Arizona’s Largest Prison

Hunger Strike Enters Third Week at California’s Largest Prison

Hunger Strike at Eastern Oregon Correctional

Disturbance at Redgranite Correctional Institution, Wisconsin

Protest and Hunger Strike at Dillwyn Correctional Center, Virginia

Attack on Guard at Sumter Correctional Institution, Florida

Disturbance at Pendleton Correctional Facility, Indiana

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