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Uprising at Holman Correctional, Alabama – Part 1

ByperilousMarch 12, 2016

March 11-12, 2016: Prison staff intervene in a conflict between two groups of prisoners. The prisoners respond by attacking the guards. Warden Carter Davenport is stabbed during the altercation. Staff retreat and prisoners destroy a large amount of prison property, sending

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Uprising at Regina Provincial Correctional Center, Saskatchewan, Canada

ByperilousFebruary 22, 2016

February 22, 2016: A group of prisoners participate in an uprising causing an estimated $55,000 in damage in order to demand that other members of their organization be put on the same range. The prisoners signed a note demanding transfer of other members of the Saskatchewan

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Uprising at Oahu Community Correctional Center, Hawaii

ByperilousFebruary 11, 2016

February 11, 2016: At least 15 prisoners light fires, tear bunks from the walls and flood the unit’s second floor with water by blocking up toilets and sinks at the state's largest prison. Officials claim that the riot is the biggest the state has seen in 30 years. According

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Uprising at Thunder Bay Jail District, Ontario

ByperilousDecember 7, 2015

December 7, 2015: At least 70 prisoners take control of the top floor of the jail and leave it "destroyed." They take a guard hostage and make demands in a riot that lasts over 12 hours. Eventually, tactical units from several cities respond to the riot and regain control of

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Uprising at Donaldson Correctional Facility, Alabama

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2015

September 9, 2015: After days of lockdown and other unusual restrictions on their movement, inmates rush an unlocked door of the dining hall en-masse and occupy it before also taking over the common area and refusing to lock down. They fight guards who attempt to subdue

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Uprising at Baltimore Pre-Trial Complex, Maryland

ByperilousAugust 30, 2015

August 30, 2015: Detainees refused to "lock in" and took control of their unit, building barricades and attacking guards. Eight correctional officers and six detainees were injured during the uprising.

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Uprising at Jefferson County Jail, Arkansas

ByperilousJuly 30, 2015

July 30, 2015: Approximately 80 prisoners wore masks over their faces and covered surveillance cameras while they destroyed their housing unit, causing thousands of dollars in damage. The uprising occurred in response to the jail tightening security and taking away some

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Uprising at Arizona State Prison at Kingman, Arizona

ByperilousJuly 1, 2015

July 1 - July 4, 2015: Prisoners at the Arizona State Prison in Kingman, a private prison run by the Management & Training Corporation (MTC), riot for three days following an attack on guards. Following the riots, the governor of Arizona announces that the state would be

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Uprising at Central North Correctional Centre, Ontario

ByperilousJune 19, 2015

June 19, 2015: Forty-five inmates in two separate units of a maximum-security facility in Penetanguishene engaged in a six-hour long uprising causing an estimated $50,000 in damage, according to the president of the union that represents prison employees.

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Mother’s Day Uprising at Tecumseh Correctional, Nebraska

ByperilousMay 10, 2015

May 10, 2015: Prisoners of all races take control of multiple housing units in the prison (including staff offices), fight off guards together, set fires, destroy walls and other infrastructure. They use office phones to call their mothers and the media and chant “Hands

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