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Uprising at Willacy County Correctional Center, Texas

ByperilousFebruary 20, 2015

February 20, 2015: Nearly 2,000 inmates participated in an uprising at a private prison run by Management and Training Corporation. The facility, which lies approximately 40 miles from the US-Mexico border was used primarily to house immigrants due for deportation.

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Uprising at Okmulgee County Jail, Oklahoma

ByperilousSeptember 22, 2014

September 22, 2014: An unknown number of prisoners participated in an uprising following an incident in which one prisoner expressed anger over being transferred. The uprising resulted in $10,000 of damage to the facility and involved prisoners setting fire to mattresses,

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Uprising at Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility, Oregon

ByperilousSeptember 8, 2014

September 8, 2014: Three juvenile detainees barricaded themselves in a room and armed themselves with a pair of scissors and a leg broken off of a bunk bed. Police were called to the scene, but the youths eventually surrendered without use of force.

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Uprising at Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility, Oregon

ByperilousSeptember 5, 2014

September 5, 2014: Police from two agencies responded when multiple youths at Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility refused orders from staff and damaged a door and multiple windows.

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Uprising at Woodland Hills Youth Development Center, Tennessee

ByperilousSeptember 3, 2014

September 3, 2014: Just two days after 32 juveniles escaped from the facility, more two dozen juveniles broke out of their rooms and into the yard. They covered their faces, attempted to break into buildings and wielded sticks and fire extinguishers.

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Protest and Uprising at Florence Correctional Center, Arizona

ByperilousAugust 22, 2014

August 22, 2014: A group of prisoners from Vermont and housed at the private, CCA-run facility, staged a coordinated protest, refusing to return to their cells. Prison guards responded to the protest by deploying a "chemical agent."

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Uprising at Cibola County Correctional Center, New Mexico

ByperilousAugust 17, 2014

August 20, 2014: After a pattern of reported medical neglect and not providing an on-staff medical doctor, a disturbance occurred in a housing unit which then led to assaults on two correctional officers - a lieutenant and a sergeant. For approximately 45 minutes, prisoners

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Uprising at Polk Correctional Institution, North Carolina

ByperilousAugust 3, 2014

August 3, 2014: An unknown number of prisoners participated in an uprising in which they destroyed prison infrastructure and barricaded doors to prevent guards from entering their unit.

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Uprising at Walnut Grove Correctional Facility, Mississippi

ByperilousJuly 10, 2014

July 10, 2014: Following the seizure of a large amount of contraband by guards, dozens of prisoners chased guards out and took control of multiple housing units of the facility. During the ensuing chaos, prisoners targeted and brutally beat other prisoners, requiring at

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Uprising at Wateree River Correctional Institution, South Carolina

ByperilousJuly 1, 2014

July, 2014 (exact dates uncertain): According to multiple sources who spoke under conditions of anonymity to FITS News, an uprising occurred at the Wateree River Correctional Institution in July, 2014 in which “several thousand dollars worth of damage was done when an open

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Uprising at Willacy County Correctional Center, Texas

Uprising at Okmulgee County Jail, Oklahoma

Uprising at Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility, Oregon

Uprising at Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility, Oregon

Uprising at Woodland Hills Youth Development Center, Tennessee

Protest and Uprising at Florence Correctional Center, Arizona

Uprising at Cibola County Correctional Center, New Mexico

Uprising at Polk Correctional Institution, North Carolina

Uprising at Walnut Grove Correctional Facility, Mississippi

Uprising at Wateree River Correctional Institution, South Carolina

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