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2016 National Prison Strike: Uprising at Kinross Correctional Facility, Michigan

ByperilousSeptember 10, 2016

September 10, 2016: Prisoners at Kinross Correctional Facility organize a work stoppage and sit-down protest that escalates into a mass protest in the prison yard demonstrating the unity of the prisoners. After being promised that their demands will be heard, the prisoners

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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: South Carolina

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9-23, 2016: Prisoners issue a list of demands and those affiliated with Jailhouse Lawyers Speak report that incarcerated individuals at multiple facilities across South Carolina refuse to go to work and are locked down. They hold down work stoppages and disruptions

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2016 National Prison Strike: Holman Correctional Facility, Alabama

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: Prisoners refuse to go to work, specifically stopping operations in the kitchen and the facility's tag plant. Reports from prisoners state that officers are performing prison labor duties, while prisoners sleep in and read during a lock-down.

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2016 National Prison Strike: Perry Correctional Institution, South Carolina

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: Approximately 350 of the prison's 1500 prisoners refuse to work. Prison workers strike from the furniture factory, kitchen, landscaping, and janitorial duty.

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2016 National Prison Strike: Merced, California

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: Prisoners at two county jails in Merced engage in a mass hunger strike and work stoppage. Family members outside go on hunger strike and organize support via the FB group Live Free Merced.

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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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2016 National Prison Strike

ByperilousSeptember 9, 2016

September 9, 2016: The strike called for and supported by multiple prisoner and support organizations kicks off on the 45th anniversary of the Attica Uprising. Dozens of facilities experience some kind of disturbance or lockdown. Accurate numbers are difficult to gather

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2016 National Prison Strike: Florida

ByperilousSeptember 7, 2016

September 7-12, 2016: Kicking the September 9 strike off early, 400 prisoners at Holmes Correctional rebel, damaging nearly every dorm in the facility. Several hundred more prisoners participate in disruptions and work stoppages in other facilities across northern Florida.

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Free Alabama Movement May Day Strike

ByperilousMay 1, 2016

May 1-11, 2016: In solidarity with Texas prisoners, and in response to ADOC plan to build four "mega prisons" to quell rebellions, Free Alabama Movement calls for a strike and action at the state legislature. The ADOC budget request fails on the second day of the strike,

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2016 National Prison Strike: Uprising at Kinross Correctional Facility, Michigan

2016 National Prison Strike: Fluvanna Correctional Facility, Virginia

2016 National Prison Strike: South Carolina

2016 National Prison Strike: Holman Correctional Facility, Alabama

2016 National Prison Strike: Perry Correctional Institution, South Carolina

2016 National Prison Strike: Merced, California

2016 National Prison Strike: Washington Correctional Center for Women

2016 National Prison Strike

2016 National Prison Strike: Florida

Free Alabama Movement May Day Strike

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