Self-Portrait of Billy Sell, who committed suicide on July 22nd Courtesy Prisoner Express
s – http://www.prisonerexpress.org / Gary Fine, Assistant Director, Durland Alternatives Library, Cornell University
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) released a statement this morning that all hunger strike participants had resumed eating, ending a two month long hunger strike. 100 hunger strikers were participating as of yesterday afternoon, with 40 on hunger strike the entire 59 days since the launch of the strike. Protesting long-term solitary confinement and sensory deprivation in California’s Security Housing Units (SHUs), 30,000 prisoners in 24 prisons across the state and in out-of-state facilities housing CDCR prisoners launched a hunger strike on July 8th. Continue reading “California Prison Hunger Strike Ends After 60 Days”
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