Government
Jul. 10, 2013
Inmates renew hunger strike in push for changes to solitary confinement
Inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison planned to begin a hunger strike Monday in response to the state's continued use of indefinite solitary confinement, the latest iteration of a strike that began in 2011.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison planned to begin a hunger strike Monday in response to the state's continued use of indefinite solitary confinement in the prison's Security Housing Unit.
Led by four representatives from the unit, known widely as the SHU, inmates say that the hunger strike and work stoppage is the latest resumption of a 2011 strike that at one point included nearly 12,000...
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