State Prison Archives - Page 9 of 18

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Hunger Strike at Polk Correctional Institution, North Carolina

ByperilousApril 1, 2018

April, 2018 (exact dates unknown): According to a letter from prisoner Willie James Dean-Bey to the San Francisco Bay View, prisoners in the H-Con housing unit went on hunger strike and released a list of demands, including access to food and hygiene items, newspapers,

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Hunger Strike at Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla

ByperilousApril 1, 2018

April 1-12, 2018: Prisoners begin a hunger strike on Easter Sunday that lasts at least 11 days and involves at least 1,315 prisoners--including prisoners in all six units of the prison's West Complex. All prisoners in the West Complex who are not "elderly or infirm"

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Uprising at Lee Correctional Institution, South Carolina

ByperilousMarch 23, 2018

March 23, 2018: Prisoners overpower a guard and take control of a dorm. They hold it for an hour and a half. No damage is reported to the prison, nor injuries to prisoners or staff.

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Uprising at Arizona State Prison Complex, Yuma

ByperilousMarch 1, 2018

March 1-2, 2018: After guards beat an intoxicated prisoner, at least 600 prisoners participate in an uprising in which they attack guards, set fires, throw rocks, attack prison infrastructure and break into the healthcare unit. One prisoner, Adam Coppa, is shot and killed

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Hunger Strike at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison

ByperilousJanuary 30, 2018

January 30, 2018: Approximately eight inmates started a hunger strike in response to a number of grievances. These included lack of access to recreation time, food issues, sanitation issues, and lack of access to property.

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Operation Push: Florida Work Stoppage

ByperilousJanuary 15, 2018

January 15, 2018: Prisoners across the Florida prison system organized a work stoppage beginning on Martin Luther King Jr. day. The strikers issued demands and engaged in boycotts of commissary.

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Hunger Strike at Allred Unit, Texas

ByperilousDecember 25, 2017

Dec 25, 2017 - Jan 3, 2018: At least 48 prisoners in the administrative segregation unit stage a hunger strike which, according to prison officials, relates to demands regarding recreation time, food portions and the temperature of the prison. Also according to prison

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Attack on Guards at Five Points Correctional Facility, New York

ByperilousNovember 3, 2017

November 3, 2017: In a series of incidents, guards transporting a group of prisoners were attacked while intervening in fights. Six officers were treated for injuries.

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Uprising at Pasquotank Correctional Institution, North Carolina

ByperilousOctober 12, 2017

October 12, 2017: Prisoners set fire to the "specialty sewing plant" of the prison and attempt to escape. Four prison employees are killed and several others injured.

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Uprising at McCormick Correctional Institution, South Carolina

ByperilousOctober 4, 2017

October 4, 2017: Prisoners take control of a unit of the prison and set fires, chase officers with knives, and climb on the roof. They are able to hold their unit for three hours until their captors regain control.

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