Monday 3 October 2011

Nearly 12,000 Prisoners Join California Hunger Strike to End Torture Conditions

The Dissenter
Jeff Kaye

Note: Still plenty of room for bankers.
According to an October 1 article at Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity (PHSS), the Federal receiver's office has indicated that "nearly 12,000 prisoners were on hunger strike, including California prisoners who are housed in out of state prisons in Arizona, Mississippi and Oklahoma."

This is the second hunger strike in less than four months, with prisoners at the Supermax Pelican Bay Prison and other California state prisons protesting the use of long-term solitary confinement, in addition to four other main demands, including provision of adequate and nutritious food, an end to administrative abuses (such as group punishments), and expansion, and in some cases provision, of "Constructive Programming and Privileges for Indefinite SHU Status Inmates."

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