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Lucasville Survivors Hunger Strike at Ohio State Penitentiary

ByperilousApril 11, 2013

April 11, 2013: Three inmates on death row for their involvement in the 1993 Lucasville prison uprising stage a hunger strike on the 20th anniversary of the uprising. The men are protesting the state's refusal to allow them sit-down media interviews about their cases. They

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Protest and Uprising at Arizona State Prison Complex–Lewis

ByperilousApril 9, 2013

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

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Attack on Guards at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, Massachusetts

ByperilousJune 25, 2012

June 25, 2018: A prisoner stabbed a prison guard, allegedly in retaliation for the guard confiscating his property the previous day. When other guards came to the aid of the stabbed guard, two other prisoners joined the fight.

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Hunger Strike at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison

ByperilousJune 10, 2012

June 10-July 18, 2012: Ten inmates initiated a hunger strike in response to a number of grievances. These included poor medical care, visitation issues, lack of phone calls and exercise, and access to commissary.

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Hunger Strike at Red Onion State Prison, Virginia

ByperilousMay 22, 2012

May 22 - 29, 2012: About four dozen prisoners initiated a hunger strike at Virginia's only super-max prison in response to poor conditions, guard abuse, and the use of solitary confinement.

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Hunger Strike at Ohio State Penitentiary

ByperilousApril 30, 2012

April 30th, 2012: On the day before May Day, the international day of the worker, at least 25 to 48 prisoners went on a 10 day hunger strike at OSP, a super-max prison. On May 1st, another group of prisoners who weren't on indefinite hunger strike, engaged in a one-day fast

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Uprising at Lieber Correctional Institute, South Carolina

ByperilousJanuary 18, 2012

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

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Protest at Central Prison, North Carolina

ByperilousDecember 16, 2011

December 16, 2011: Fifteen prisoners working in the kitchen sat down on the job in protest of the hours, lack of gain time, and working conditions. According to the Prison Books Collective: "Despite the peaceful nature of the protest, guards soon came and threatened the

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Attack on Guards at Gus Harrison Correctional Facility, Michigan

ByperilousOctober 21, 2011

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

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Pelican Bay Hunger Strike, California

ByperilousJuly 3, 2011

July 1, 2011: Pelican Bay SHU prisoners issue five demands and begin a hunger strike. At least 6,600 prisoners across the state of California join in solidarity. After nearly four weeks without food, prisoners enter negotiations with the California Department of Corrections

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