This story was published in partnership with The Nation. On July 8, 2013, more than 30,000 incarcerated men and women across California began refusing to eat. It was the start of the nation’s largest ever prison hunger strike, and for some the fasting would last nearly two months. The mass protest made headlines across the country, […]
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Massachusetts Prisoners Sent to Solitary After Meeting with State Legislators About Prison Reform
Update, June 7, 2016: According to family members with knowledge of the situation, Tim Muise, Shawn Fisher, and Steven James were all released from solitary on May 26 and returned to general population on May 27. Muise and Fisher received disciplinary reports, dated May 22, alleging an “attempt to build a computer, which they intended […]