2013 California prisoner hunger strike

When

8 Jul 2013

Kind

Strike

Coordinates

37.00° N, 120.00° W

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

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 suppo…

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