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Hunger Strike
From Tacoma to Texas, Hunger Strikers Challenge Migrant Jails
A hunger strike at a private GEO Group migrant jail in Tacoma, Washington, has spread to another in Texas.
Illinois Department of Corrections and Attorney Staughton Lynd Respond to Ongoing Menard Prison Hunger Strike
The Illinois Department of Corrections' response to last week's story about hunger strikers at the Menard Correctional Center may represent an opening for resolution of the strike.
Hunger Strike at Menard Correctional Center Draws Solidarity, Support
Activists are supporting the prisoners at Illinoisu2019 Menard Correctional Facility who have been on hunger strike since January 15 to protest their conditions of confinement.
Stop the Starvation Siege of Syria — Press Conference
Video of a press conference announcing an International Solidarity Hunger Strike for Syria.
Gitmo 12 Years Later
It's been 12 years since the prison at Guantanamo Bay opened, and the fundamental issues of indefinite detention and perpetual war remain.
US Officials Will No Longer Provide Information on Guantanamo Hunger Strikers
A spokesman for the US military announced this week that the authorities will no longer provide public information on how many prisoners at the American gulag at Guantanamo Bay …
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Amid Lingering Hunger Strike, Guantanamo Abuses Press On
While the president professes to wish to close Guantanamo, rendition, indefinite detention and black sites continue to operate.
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One Month After Historic Hunger Strike Ends, Legislators Hold Hearings About Solitary Confinement
Families and former prisoners held for years in solitary confinement expressed optimism October 9 after the first of several California Public Safety Committee hearings about the punishment, promised in …
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A Call to Be Treated “Justly and Humanely“
Pelican Bay Prison hunger striker Lorenzo Benton deconstructs and lambastes California Department of Corrections Secretary Jeffrey Beard's contentions that the hunger strike (which ended Thursday), is gang-instigated and enforced, …
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Gang Instigation Alleged in California Prison Hunger Strike; Force-Feeding Possible
California's prison hunger strike has resulted in several hospitalizations and one death. And now the state may force-feed them.