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| Wisconsin Inmates Plan Hunger Strike Against Solitary Confinement |
| By sputniknews.com |
| Published: 06/06/2016 |
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LaRon McKinley Bey, 60, and about a dozen other inmates at Waupun Correctional Institution in Wisconsin plan to go on hunger strike on June 10 to protest indefinite solitary confinement, which they are subjected to. The demonstration will begin in Wisconsin, but the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in Milwaukee, which is supporting the prisoners’ efforts, hopes that it will spread to other prisons, reported the Post-Crescent, a Gannett newspaper. The IWW will be holding rallies in Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin, as well as hold an online letter writing campaign with a petition. “The overarching demand is to end administrative confinement — to not allow long-term solitary confinement,” said Ben Turk with the IWW to the Post-Crescent. Read More. |
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