Government
Jul. 19, 2013
Prisoners participating in hunger strike facing discipline, lawyers claim
As the hunger strike in state prison, which now includes 2,327 prisoners as of Wednesday, its 11th day, attorneys and inmate advocates are leveling new charges at state officials, accusing them of punishing hunger strike participants.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
As a hunger strike by inmates in state prisons entered its 10th day Wednesday, attorneys and inmate advocates leveled new charges at state officials.
Attorneys and advocates for prisoners claim that prison officials punished 14 striking prisoners in Pelican Bay State Prison's Security Housing Unit last Thursday by moving them to the prison's Administrative Segregation Unit, which they conten...
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