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| California inmates' hunger strike continues |
| By presstv.ir - Ross Frasier |
| Published: 10/06/2011 |
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The state Department of Corrections says about 12-hundred inmates in four prisons are participating in the hunger strike. But prisoner rights groups say as many as 12-thousand inmates at eight prisons are taking part. The current hunger strike grew out of a protest started in July by prisoners in Pelican Bay State Prison. Inmates are protesting extreme isolation cells known as Security Housing Units or SHU. The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California is just one of several groups standing in solidarity with the hunger strikers. The list of supporters now includes Palestinian prisoners who are also hunger striking against torturous conditions of imprisonment in Israeli prisons. The original strike ended in late July after prison officials agreed to meet some basic demands. But the protest resumed on September 26 after inmates complained their concerns were not immediately addressed. Read More. |
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