Sacramento hearing exposes CDCR’s hidden agenda
by Denise Mewbourne Almost two years later, the ripple effect of the 2011 hunger strike organized by the Short Corridor Collective in Pelican Bay prison continues to reverberate throughout California....
View ArticleCalifornia prisoners launch new hunger strike to protest solitary confinement
by Sal Rodriguez July 8, 2013 – Hundreds of people held in California prisons are expected to launch their third large-scale hunger strike in two years today. The current strike, announced by leaders...
View ArticleCalifornia prisoners challenge solitary confinement with largest hunger...
by Democracy Now! July 17, 2013 – Prisoners in California have entered their 10th day of a statewide hunger strike to fight back against what they call inhumane conditions. The prisoners’ demands...
View ArticleUrgent request to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Mendez to visit...
The following open letter was sent Aug. 16, 2013, marked “URGENT.” Juan E. Mendez U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment c/o Office of the...
View ArticleCalipatria shows the way: ASU prisoners win their demands while on hunger strike
by Kendra Castaneda When the California prisoner hunger strike began on July 8, 2013, CDCR officials were repeatedly quoted in the mainstream media telling the world that CDCR does not negotiate with...
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