Nearly twelve thousand prisoners at Pelican Bay and other California prisons went on hunger strike in 2011--some refusing food for a total of six weeks--to protest keeping prisoners secluded under torturous conditions in extreme isolation units (SHUs). Two years later, none of their major demands having been met, they are again resorting to this painful, peaceful form of protest on July 8th. We must pressure California to stop its practice of long-term extreme isolation before prisoners starve to death!
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:10:31 +0000
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