In a further attempt to reform California correction’s solitary confinement policies, tens of thousands of prisoners have begun their second hunger-strike in just under two years.
On Monday, the Los Angeles Times reported 30,000 inmates began refusing meals at two-thirds of California's 33 prisons and four out-of-state facilities, launching what could potentially be the largest hunger-strike in the state's history.
Note: All pictures were taken previously at Pelican Bay State Prison during the August 2011 hunger-strikes.
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The coordinated hunger-strike is in response to California's prison policies concerning indefinite isolation, aka solitary confinement.
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Organized by a small group of prisoners at Pelican Pay State Prison in Crescent City, Ca., inmates are hoping to reduce the maximum solitary confinement sentence down to five years.
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According to the Los Angeles Times, there are currently at least 4,527 people serving indeterminate sentences of isolation in Secure Housing Units (SHU), including 1,180 inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison, where the protests were organized.
Via: Rich Pedroncelli / AP
