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Human Rights in the Hidden World of State Prisons
On July 1, inmates at the Pelican Bay State Prison near the Oregon border began a hunger strike that ultimately involved 6600 prisoners in 13 of California's 33 institutions.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readOn July 1, inmates at the Pelican Bay State Prison near the Oregon border began a hunger strike that ultimately involved 6600 prisoners in 13 of California's 33 institutions. Reporters were not allowed to talk to inmates, but representatives said they demanded caps to be worn in cold weather, calendars on cell walls, more lenient treatment in solitary confinement, and a change in "debriefings" that last so long prisoners are in danger of being labeled as "snitches." The hunger strike is over, but did settling it make things any better?
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Darrell Satzman
Producer
Julia Flucht
Producer, 'To the Point'
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Scott Kernan
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Nancy Kincaid
California Department of Insurance
Hector Villagra
American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California