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Jacob Barrett is an Oregon state prisoner who was transferred to Florida and has been held for years in “Close Management,” or solitary confinement, most recently at Florida State Prison in Raiford. On February 1, Barrett began a hunger strike not only against the conditions he himself has endured, but also against the rampant abuses […]

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Voices from Solitary: On Hunger Strike Against Brutal Treatment in Florida Prisons

“We Are Not the Worst of the Worst”: One Year Later, What’s Changed for Pelican Bay’s Hunger Strikers?

The Odyssey to Pelican Bay: Families Journey to California’s Notorious Supermax Prison

Immigrant Hunger Strikers Placed in Solitary Confinement at Federal Detention Center

ADX H-Unit on Hunger Strike, Prisoners Being Force-Fed

Seven Months After Historic Prison Hunger Strike, Opponents of Solitary in California Gauge the Pace of Change

Voices from Solitary: Hunger Strike in Menard Prison

Seven Days in Solitary [12/29/13]

How Many People Are In Solitary Confinement in California’s Prisons?

One Month After Historic Hunger Strike, California Lawmakers Hold Hearings on Solitary Confinement

Day 59 of California Prison Hunger Strike: “Their Spirits Are High, Their Bodies Are Weak”

A Month in Solitary [8/31/13]

UN: Solitary Confinement in the U.S. Can Be Torture, Force-Feeding Unacceptable

Day 41 of California Hunger Strike: CDCR Still Insists It’s A Gang Power Play

Day 39 of California Prison Hunger Strike: Governor Jerry Brown Remains Silent

Day 36 of California Hunger Strike: Hundreds Still Protesting Isolation Policies

Calipatria Hunger Striker: “Putting Everything On The Line For Dignity”

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]

Seven Days in Solitary [7/21/13]

California Prison Officials Retaliating Against Hunger Strikers

Thousands of California Prisoners, One Hunger Strike, One Week

Seven Days in Solitary [7/14/13]

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