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| 2nd protest continues at Pelican Bay |
| By triplicate.com - Anthony Skeens |
| Published: 10/07/2011 |
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A second round of inmate protests continued across seven state prisons in California on Wednesday. At Pelican Bay State Prison, 232 inmates were considered to be on a hunger strike. Statewide, there were 908. The latest hunger strike was initiated Sept. 26 by prisoners alleging bad-faith negotiations by the state after a July hunger strike, retaliations for participating in the first protest and an inability to receive certain personal items. “The leadership of the strike is still coming from Pelican Bay,” said Isaac Ontiveros, communications director for Critical Resistance, a prisoner rights advocacy group. The high point for participation in the latest strike came last Thursday, when 4,252 inmates in eight prisons were involved, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Advocates claim the numbers are higher and that at one point 12,000 inmates were participating. The discrepancy may come from how the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation identifies a person on a hunger strike, Ontiveros said. “California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is looking at that through a highly skeptical lens,” he said. A prisoner is considered on strike if he states it and then misses three consecutive state-issued meals or if he misses nine consecutive without making a statement. Read More. |
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