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On October 10th, prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison and California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi launched a hunger strike. The hunger strike, which has in total involved five hundred prisoners, coincided with the date of an announced racial cease-fire issued by prisoners in Pelican Bay referred to as the PBSP-SHU Short Corridor Collective. The group, which consists […]

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California Prisoners Launch New Hunger Strike on October 10th

Former Hostage in Iran Reports on Solitary Confinement in California

Thousands of California Prisoners, One Hunger Strike, One Week

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

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

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

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

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

After Hunger Strikes, Solitary Reforms Come to California’s Prisons—and Leave Thousands Behind

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

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

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

Faces and Voices of the California Prison Hunger Strike

At Ohio’s Supermax Prison, a Hunger Strike Ends But Extreme Isolation Remains

Update: Prisoner Dies During Hunger Strike at California’s Corcoran State Prison

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

Immigrant Hunger Strikers Placed in Solitary Confinement at Federal Detention Center

Federal Lawsuit Challenges Brutality in Solitary Confinement Unit at North Carolina Prison

California Prisoners Launch New Hunger Strike to Protest Solitary Confinement

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

California Prison Officials Retaliating Against Hunger Strikers

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

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

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

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

Historic California Assembly Hearing on Solitary Confinement

The Truth About Solitary Confinement in California

Family of California Prisoner Who Died on Hunger Strike Speaks Out

“Occupy” Prison Protests in California Oppose Use of Solitary Confinement