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Jul. 20, 2013

Amid hunger strike, lawyer says she's banned from visiting inmates

On the heels of reports that state prison officials have punished inmates participating in a hunger strike, an attorney now claims to have been prevented from meeting with prisoners, including her clients, at Pelican Bay State Prison.


By Hamed Aleaziz


Daily Journal Staff Writer


On the heels of reports that state prison officials have punished inmates participating in a statewide hunger strike by moving the protesters to even more restrictive isolation, an attorney now claims to have been prevented from meeting with prisoners, including her clients, at Pelican Bay State Prison.


Marilyn McMahon, co-counsel on a 2012 federal lawsuit claiming the conditions inside...

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