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As of Monday, there were 415 California prisoners in seven facilities on hunger strike. Of them, 244 have been on hunger strike since July 8th, making this hunger strike the longest of the three statewide hunger strikes that California prisoners have launched demanding the “Five Core Demands.” California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) spokesperson […]

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30 Days of Hunger Striking, California Prisons Chief Insists It’s “Gang Power Play”

Hundreds Still on Hunger Strike in California Prisons As Situation Becomes Increasingly Dire

Suicide of California Hunger Strike Participant Draws National Attention to a Broken System

Seven Days in Solitary [7/28/13]

California Prison Hunger Strike: “It’s an Absolute Madhouse”

Seven Days in Solitary [7/21/13]

California Prison Officials Retaliating Against Hunger Strikers

Thousands of California Prisoners, One Hunger Strike, One Week

Voices from Solitary: This Place Is Nothing More Than a Torture Chamber

Faces and Voices of the California Prison Hunger Strike

As 30,000 Join California Prison Hunger Strike, Corrections Officials Issue Guidelines on Starvation

California Prisoners Launch New Hunger Strike to Protest Solitary Confinement

Fourteen Days in Solitary [7/7/13]

Women in California Prison Isolation Units Face Overcrowding and Despair

“Systemic Failures Persist” in California Prison Mental Health Care, Judge Rules

Voices from Solitary: Parts of My Mind Did Not Survive

Judge Rules California Solitary Confinement Lawsuit Should Have Its Day in Court

Voices from Solitary: “Where Cold, Quiet and Emptiness Come Together”

California Prison Conditions Driving Prisoners to Suicide

Guarding the Fortresses: How Prison Policies Limit Media Access to Solitary Confinement

Journalists Barred from Prison Isolation Units

California Assembly Reviews Solitary Confinement Policies As Prisoners Threaten New Hunger Strike

Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash With Prison Reform

As California Implements Some Solitary Confinement Reforms, Prisoners Remain Skeptical

Suicide in Solitary: The Life and Death of Armando Cruz (Part 2)

Suicide in Solitary: The Life and Death of Armando Cruz (Part 1)

Voices from Solitary: Haunted by Memory’s Ghosts

Prisoner at Corcoran State Prison Commits Suicide in Solitary

Former Hostage in Iran Reports on Solitary Confinement in California