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Uprising at Larned Correctional, Kansas

ByperilousNovember 6, 2018

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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Uprising at California Rehabilitation Center

ByperilousOctober 2, 2018

October 2, 2018: Prisoners led a brief uprising in protest of a new policy that integrated yard time for prisoners in segregation and those in general population. Prisoners set fire to a mattress and started another fire in a bathroom. The uprising was quickly subdued by

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Hamilton Correctional Annex, Florida: 100 Prisoners “Become Noncompliant”

ByperilousSeptember 7, 2018

September 7, 2018: Staff mobilize security teams and law enforcement from the surrounding area to contain prisoners who "became noncompliant" on the recreation yard. News helicopters captured images of prisoners, dressed in white, in the yard confronted by a line of guards.

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Hunger Strike at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, Delaware

ByadminAugust 29, 2018

August 29-September 5, 2018: At least 12 prisoners begin refusing meals in protest of conditions. One prisoner, A'Keem Cropper, speaks with local media and explains the motivation for the hunger strike. According to prison authorities, one week later the last of the hunger

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2018 National Prison Strike: Hunger Strike at Sussex II State Prison, Virginia

ByperilousAugust 28, 2018

August 28-29, 2018 and September 8-9, 2018: Prisoner Uhuru B. Rowe and "a few other prisoners" engaged in two "24 hour fast[s]" in solidarity with the national prison strike.

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2018 National Prison Strike: Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, Indiana

ByperilousAugust 27, 2018

August 27, 2018: According to the group IDOC Watch, "Several inmates in the Secure Housing Unit (SHU) at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility are initiating a hunger strike in protest of their already starvation-level meal portions, their lack of access to basic necessities

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Protest at Northeast Correctional Center, Missouri

ByperilousAugust 22, 2018

August 22, 2018: Prisoners refused orders to return to their cells and engaged in a non-violent sit-down protest in order to raise grievances regarding lack of recreation time.

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2018 National Prison Strike: North Carolina

ByperilousAugust 21, 2018

August, 2018 (exact dates uncertain): North Carolina prisoners issued a set of 8 additional demands focusing on mental health treatment and solitary confinement as well as a call for truce between various groups of prisoners. On August 20, supporters gathered for a noise

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2018 National Prison Strike: Georgia

ByperilousAugust 21, 2018

August, 2018 (exact dates uncertain): Jailhouse Lawyers Speak declare active boycotts and work stoppages at multiple facilities in Georgia, but state that "strike numbers are not yet strong enough to shut down a prison". A spokesperson for JLS reminds reporters of the brutal

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2018 National Prison Strike: Florida

ByperilousAugust 21, 2018

August, 2018 (exact dates uncertain): According to IWOC Gainesville, prisoners at five facilities in Florida engage in work strikes and commissary boycotts: Charlotte Correctional Institution, Dade Correctional Institution, Holmes Correctional Institution, Appalachee

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Uprising at Larned Correctional, Kansas

Uprising at California Rehabilitation Center

Hamilton Correctional Annex, Florida: 100 Prisoners “Become Noncompliant”

Hunger Strike at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, Delaware

2018 National Prison Strike: Hunger Strike at Sussex II State Prison, Virginia

2018 National Prison Strike: Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, Indiana

Protest at Northeast Correctional Center, Missouri

2018 National Prison Strike: North Carolina

2018 National Prison Strike: Georgia

2018 National Prison Strike: Florida

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