Negotiate, Gov. Brown! How many more prisoners must die?
Advocates call for investigation of Corcoran prison death; medical professionals, religious leaders and prisoners’ families demand governor negotiate with hunger strikers by Isaac Ontiveros, Prisoner...
View ArticleMediators talk with prisoners as hunger strike reaches one month mark,...
by Isaac Ontiveros, Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition Oakland, Aug. 8, 2013 – Today marks one month for prisoners on hunger strike throughout the California prison system. Earlier today, the...
View ArticleDay 33: Prisoner hunger strike countdown for humane conditions
by Dr. Ronald Ahnen Aug. 9, 2013 – Today marks 33 days that over 200 prisoners have gone without eating. Most of those who have been strong enough to continue to this point are feeling the very dire...
View ArticleHunger Strike Day 35: Crank up the cruelty and let them die
by Carol Strickman on behalf of the Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Mediation Team Some California prisoners got good news on Friday: The Federal Communications Commission agreed to limit how much...
View ArticleHunger strike reminder: SHU isolation cell awaits California lawmakers as...
by Stop Mass Incarceration Bay Area and Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity As California legislators return to work this week, prisoner hunger strike family members, loved ones, advocates and supporters...
View ArticleOn Day 50 of the California prisoners’ hunger strike, I wonder, will change...
by Dolores Canales, California Families to Abolish Solitary Confinement As a member of the Mediation Team, never did I think I would be a part of a Hunger Strike that would enter into its 50th day....
View ArticleCalifornia prisoners suspend 60-day hunger strike – families, legislators...
Isaac Ontiveros and Claude Marks, Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition Oakland – After 60 days on hunger strike, prisoners at Pelican Bay have suspended their peaceful protest. Representatives...
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