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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDAY 31: CA Prisons Chief Says Desperate, Hunger-Striking Prisoners Are Doing Just Fine
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/california-prisons-chief-hunger-strikeThe head of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation took to the Los Angeles Times to say that what you've been told about the hunger strike is all wrong.
What Beard doesnt tell you is that the strike was organized by prisoners agitating for more respect and rights. His claims of gang pressure are made without evidence.
And while Beard says that the prisoners do not suffer from solitary confinement, others like Amnesty International disagree. Over a thousand prisoners continue to be held in indefinite isolation, confined for 22-24 hours per day in small, often windowless cells, and deprived of meaningful human contact. Hundreds have been held in these Security Housing Units for more than ten years, the human rights group said in July. What's more, these conditions can have a severe impact on the psychological health of inmates. Prolonged confinement like what happens in California prisons can cause insomnia, headaches, nervousness, hallucinations and more. The UN's special rapporteur on torture has said that prolonged confinement for more than 15 days is damaging and should be prohibited.
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http://prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/letters-from-inside/
Call Governor Jerry Brown
Phone: (916) 445-2841, (510) 289-0336, (510) 628-0202
Fax: (916) 558-3160
Suggested script: Im calling in support of the prisoners on hunger strike. The governor has the power to stop the torture of solitary confinement. I urge the governor to compel the CDCR to enter into negotiations to end the strike. RIGHT NOW is their chance to enter into clear, honest negotiations with the strikers to end the torture.
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DAY 31: CA Prisons Chief Says Desperate, Hunger-Striking Prisoners Are Doing Just Fine (Original Post)
annm4peace
Aug 2013
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tblue
(16,350 posts)1. The hell they are.
Any idea what we can do to help them?
annm4peace
(6,119 posts)3. Yes click on the website and there is many things
1. share the link
http://prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/letters-from-inside/
2. call Gov Brown's office every day
3. read on the link other things you can do like. write the hunger striking prisoners, host a rally, write a letter to the editor, donate to the cause..etc.
ConcernedCanuk
(13,509 posts)2. "Build more Prisons!"
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George Carlin
"but not here" . . .
anyone remember that?
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