Delores Canales, member of California Families to Abolish Solitary Confinement (Cfasc), and mother a Pelican Bay SHU prisoner and Carol Strickman, attorney, Legal Services for Prisoners With Children
Prison Inmates Hunger Strike for Their Lives with . Delores Canales, member of California Families to Abolish Solitary Confinement (Cfasc), Advisory Board of CURB (Californians United for a Responsible Budget) and LWSGI (Lives Worth Saving Gang Intervention), mother of a Pelican Bay SHU prisoner and . Carol Strickman, attorney, Legal Services for Prisoners With Children, member of the Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition, member of the team mediating between the prison hunger strikers and prison authorities, and part of the litigation team in Ashker v. Brown, a case challenging solitary confinement in California prisons
Nearly 29,000 inmates in California state prisons have refused meals protesting prison conditions and rules. The protest extended to two-thirds of the 33 prisons across the state and all 4 private out-of-state facilities where California sends inmates. Thousands of prisoners also refused to attend their work assignments and state officials are bracing for a long-term strike. The protest is centered on the state's aggressive solitary confinement practices, but has attracted support from many prisoners with their own demands for changes in prison conditions.
produced by Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash
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