Press release from Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity:
With the hunger strike continuing to spread from Pelican Bay and Calipatria State Prisons to at least 6 other prisons, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has threatened to crack down on the at least 6,000 participants, including sending prisoners to solitary confinement. The CDCR also faxed expulsion orders to two mediation team lawyers, notifying them that they had been banned from all prisons pending an investigation into whether or not they had “jeopardized the safety and security of CDCR” institutions. Meanwhile, the prisoner-selected mediation team that has been trying to negotiate with the CDCR since the strike was initiated in July sent a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown, demanding a meeting and lodging their vehement objections to the actions of CDCR officials.
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Uh, what are they striking about?! I've now read several mentions of the strike and not one of them has informed me…
Anonymous, we've posted the five core demands of the strikers. Here they are again, for your convenience:
http://www.change.org/petitions/support-pelican-bay-shu-prisoners-five-core-demands-hunger-strike