Statement regarding the ongoing Prison Strike in the US.
Submitted to Enough is Enough.
New confirmed prison action reports
(full list & details below)
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Missouri: at least one prisoner on a hunger strike at Leavenworth (USP).
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New York: strike activity at Coxsackie Correctional Facility, strike activity and boycotts at Eastern Correctional Facility.
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Ohio: at least one block engaged in a 3 day fast on first days of the strike and a commissary boycott throughout at Ohio State Penitentiary, plus a work stoppage in late July in response to preemptive repression by staff.
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Texas: More prisoners involved in the hunger strike at Michael Unit.
Statement from prison strike media team
September 9th has passed, but it is up to the people in each prison who are participating in boycotts, hunger strikes, work strikes or sit-ins to determine the right day and time to close out their actions — from the outset, Jailhouse Lawyers Speak and national organizers have endorsed local strikers to set their own end dates, or strike indefinitely. Continue reading “Ongoing prison Strikes: Update info from #prisonstrike media team”
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