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100 Prisoners in Connecticut Transferred after Threatening to Organize Protests about COVID-19

ByperilousApril 3, 2020

April 3, 2020: Over 100 prisoners were transferred after they threatened to organize hunger strikes and work stoppages to protest the facility’s new rules aimed at avoiding the spread of COVID-19. The recently implemented rules limit the movement of prisoners and require

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Work Stoppage in Bristol ICE Detention in Response to COVID-19

ByperilousMarch 30, 2020

March 30, 2020 - ongoing: Immigrant detainees at the Bristol County House of Correction (BCHOC) organized a work stoppage to protest the lack of action on the part of the prison to protect them from the threat of a COVID-19 outbreak.

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Protest on Rikers Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak

ByperilousMarch 21, 2020

March, 2020: In response to a growing outbreak of COVID-19 on Rikers Island, prisoners have participated in multiple protests demanding proper medical care, access to protective equipment and cleaning supplies, and release of certain high risk prisoners and prisoners with

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Hunger Strike and Work Stoppage in Guayama Prison, Puerto Rico

ByperilousMarch 20, 2020

March 20, 2020: More than 200 prisoners at a prison in Guayama, Puerto Rico organized a hunger strike after officials at the prison confiscated all the prisoners hygiene and cleaning items, according to a letter from the strikers.

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Hunger Strike and Work Strike at Santa Rita County Jail, California

ByperilousOctober 30, 2019

October 30, 2019: Detainees at the Santa Rita County Jail staged a one-day hunger strike and work strike in protest of "widespread institutional neglect and abuse, including unsanitary living conditions, price gouging, poor medical care, forced labor, and lack of access to

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Hunger Strike and Work Stoppage at Clallam Bay Corrections Center, Washington

ByperilousOctober 7, 2019

October 7, 2019 – October 12, 2019: Prisoners at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center began a hunger strike and work stoppage on Monday, October 7 in response to numerous grievances with the facility including food issues, compensation for labor, lack of exercise equipment and

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Work Strike at Rush City Correctional Facility, Minnesota

ByperilousNovember 30, 2018

November 30, 2018: 115 prisoners who work at the prison's anagram balloon factory went on strike in response to delays in delivery of canteen items and abuse by guards. Prisoners state that the administration recently changed the amount of time it takes for canteen items to

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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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2018 National Prison Strike: Ohio

ByadminAugust 21, 2018

August 21-September 17, 2018 (exact end date uncertain): According to Central Ohio IWOC, at least two prisoners, David Easley and James Ward, go on hunger strike on August 21 in response to a call for a national prison strike and in protest of violence by correctional

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