2013 California prisoner hunger strike
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2013-california-prisoner-hunger-strike-189-2022811
title:
2013 California prisoner hunger strike
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The 2013 California prisoner hunger strike started on July 8, 2013, involving over 29,000 inmates in protest of the state's use of solitary confinement practices and ended on September 5, 2013. The hunger strike was organized by inmates in long term solitary in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay State Prison in protest of inmates housed there that were in solitary confinement indefinitely for having supposed gang ties. Another hunger strike that added to the movement started the week
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_California_prisoner_hunger_strike
date created:
2013-07-28T17:06:09Z
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2024-09-09T07:17:15Z
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