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Hunger Strike at Robert Presley Detention Center, California

ByperilousJune 30, 2019

June 30-July 15, 2019: Four female prisoners housed at the Robert Presley Detention Center engaged in a 16-day hunger strike in protest of various conditions at the facility, including sexual harassment by guards, lack of mental health treatment and lack of adequate time out

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Hunger Strike at Western Women’s Correctional Facility, New Mexico

ByperilousJanuary 25, 2019

January 25, 2019 - (end date unknown): According to the group Millions for Prisoners New Mexico, prisoners housed at Western Women's Correctional Facility went on hunger strike to protest various issues with the prison's outsourced meal provider Trinity Food Services.

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Refused meals at Denver Women’s Correctional Facility, Colorado

ByperilousAugust 19, 2017

August 19, 2017: Nearly 100 prisoners at a women's facility refuse meals for one day in solidarity with Millions for Prisoners and those experiencing repression following the national prison strike of September, 2016. Prisoners share commissary food items and make sure each

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Hunger Strike at Alfred D. Hughes Unit, Texas

ByperilousSeptember 22, 2016

September 22 - October 1, 2016: One trans woman endures a hunger strike for more than a week to demand precedent-setting access to bras for protection, modesty during strip searches, and support during hormone therapy. Guards make threats and one guard suggests that the

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2016 National Prison Strike: Texas

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: Prisoners across seven facilities in Texas go on strike to protest their conditions of confinement, including unpaid prison labor, toxic water, mold, and excessive heat. With multiple prisons on lockdown and restrictions on both incoming and outgoing

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2016 National Prison Strike: Fluvanna Correctional Facility, Virginia

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: Women prisoners participate in the national work stoppage.

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2016 National Prison Strike: Washington Correctional Center for Women

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: Three women prisoners refuse to go to their jobs in the library at the Washington Correctional Center for Women in Gig Harbor, Washington and are transferred to segregation.

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Uprising at Henry County Jail, Indiana

ByperilousAugust 3, 2016

August 3-4, 2016: Prisoners set fire to mattresses and jail uniforms on two subsequent nights. The first fire is set in the male assigned part of the jail. The next night prisoners in the women's side light another fire. Prisoners also attempt to deactivate the locks on

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Disturbance at DOVE Academy for Girls, Florida

ByperilousJanuary 23, 2011

January 23, 2011: Twelve are charged after a disturbance at DOVE Academy that led to one staff member being hospitalized and some furniture being damaged at the facility

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Hunger Strike at Robert Presley Detention Center, California

Hunger Strike at Western Women’s Correctional Facility, New Mexico

Refused meals at Denver Women’s Correctional Facility, Colorado

Hunger Strike at Alfred D. Hughes Unit, Texas

2016 National Prison Strike: Texas

2016 National Prison Strike: Fluvanna Correctional Facility, Virginia

2016 National Prison Strike: Washington Correctional Center for Women

Uprising at Henry County Jail, Indiana

Disturbance at DOVE Academy for Girls, Florida

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