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Escape Attempt at State Penitentiary, South Dakota

ByperilousApril 13, 2011

April 11, 2011: Two prisoners attacked a guard in the prison's factory area, killing him and using his uniform to attempt to escape the prison. They were caught and charged with murder. They pled not guilty and lost at trial, were sentenced to death and executed in October

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Dorm Takeover at Holman Correctional Facility, Alabama

ByperilousApril 5, 2011

April 5, 2011: After a guard reportedly found a contraband cell phone, prisoners take control over the A-dorm. The standoff lasts about 4 hours until the correctional emergency response team enters the dorm and quells the uprising. Five prisoners were injured and sent to the

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Attack on Guards, New Folsom, California

ByperilousFebruary 8, 2011

February 8, 2011: Shortly after noon, an unknown number of prisoners attacked four guards who were checking prisoners for weapons. The guards were taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries.

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Food Strike at California Men’s Colony

ByperilousJanuary 24, 2011

January 24 - 26, 2011: One thousand prisoners refuse meals in a hunger strike in protest of austerity measures at the prison, including cuts to programming and routine lockdowns associated with under-staffing.

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Lucasville Uprising Survivors’ Hunger Strike, Ohio

ByperilousJanuary 3, 2011

January 3, 2011: Three of the survivors of the Lucasville Uprising go on a 15-day hunger strike to protest the extreme conditions of their solitary confinement. The men were demanding conditions equal to that of other Ohio death row prisoners, namely contact with family,

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Georgia 2010 Work Stoppages

ByperilousDecember 9, 2010

December 9 -15, 2010: A multiracial group of prisoners participate in a coordinated work stoppage in at least six facilities and demand decent wages, better social services and respect for their civil liberties. After six days and brutal reprisals, including two prisoners

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Escape Attempt at State Penitentiary, South Dakota

Dorm Takeover at Holman Correctional Facility, Alabama

Attack on Guards, New Folsom, California

Food Strike at California Men’s Colony

Lucasville Uprising Survivors’ Hunger Strike, Ohio

Georgia 2010 Work Stoppages

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