Open Letter from a Family Member of a Pelican Bay SHU Prisoner
Reprinted from prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com To Whom It May Concern, I am the sister of Joseph D. Jones AKA AC8602, currently being held at Pelican Bay Prison. His story is all too...
View ArticleHunger Strike Reaches 6,600 prisoners & continues going strong!
From prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com The CDCR’s own figures acknowledge 6,600 prisoners participated in the hunger strike across 13 prisons (out of a total 33) in California this past...
View ArticleURGENT: Hunger Striker’s Health Rapidly Deteriorates
Posted on July 12, 2011 by prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED IMMEDIATELY Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity coalition received an urgent update from medical staff at Pelican Bay...
View ArticleA Brief Update From the Front Lines of the Struggle: Corcoran-SHU 4B 1L...
July 12, 2011 A Brief Update From the Front Lines of the Struggle: Corcoran-SHU 4B 1L C-section Isolation Unit Hunger Strike Date 7/3/11 0917 Hours Greetings to all who support freedom, justice, and...
View ArticleA Pelican Bay hunger striker’s journal
From SF Bayview Richard Johnson, a prisoner who recently suffered a heart attack due to a blocked artery in his heart, is among the hunger strikers at Pelican Bay. Since the beginning of the strike, he...
View ArticlePelican Bay Hunger Strikers Reject CDCR Proposal: Strike Continues
MEDIA ADVISORY–JULY 15, 2011 Press Contact: Isaac Ontiveros Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Office: 510 444 0484 prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com California—This afternoon leaders of...
View ArticleIt’s Not Over!
Mediators from Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity’s Mediation team spoke with the Short Corridor Collective, four representatives of the hunger strike leaders at Pelican Bay and confirmed the leaders...
View ArticleSuicide in Solitary: The Death of Alex Machado
BY SAL RODRIGUEZ solitarywatch.com Alexis “Alex” Machado was a prisoner at Pelican Bay State Prison’s isolation units for nearly two years when he took his own life on October 24, 2011. According to...
View ArticleShort Corridor Collective Announces Agreement to End Hostilities
from hungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com Representatives of the CA Hunger Strike issued a statement calling for an end to all violence and hostility between different groups of prisoners throughout...
View ArticleOne Year After Historic Hunger Strike, Isolated California Prisoners Report...
BY SAL RODRIGUEZ solitarywatch.com At this time one year ago, a three week hunger strike across California prisons had been concluded, and the California Assembly had begun planning a hearing on the...
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