July 2021 - Perilous

Hunger Strike in a La. Prison over Torture-like Conditions

ByperilousJuly 17, 2021

On July 13, more than 20 prisoners at the David Wade Correctional Center in Northern Louisiana started a hunger strike to protest their confinement under conditions they say are akin to torture.

ByperilousJuly 14, 2021

Forty detainees at the Moose Lake Correctional facility in Minnesota began a hunger strike on July 4. This is the second hunger strike this year at the facility where detainees and advocates claim the Minnesota Sex Offendor Progam (MSOP) is unconstitutionally detaining

ByperilousJuly 9, 2021

On July 1, prisoners at seven institutions across Canada engaged in a coordinated one-day solidarity fast in honour of Indigenous children who died in the custody of the Indian Residential School system, a carceral apparatus of church and state designed to “kill the Indian

ByperilousJuly 7, 2021

A hunger strike by prisoners in Pennsylvania came to an official end on Sunday, July 4 after 10 days on strike. 12 people housed in SCI Phoenix, a state correctional institution in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania initiated the hunger strike.

ByperilousJuly 1, 2021

Prisoners at six prisons in Canada have announced a coordinated hunger strike on July 1, Canada Day. The strike was organized in response to the recent recovery of over a thousand unmarked graves at residential school sites across the country.

Month: July 2021

Hunger Strike in a La. Prison over Torture-like Conditions

Detainees at MN Shadow Prison Resist Indefinite Detention in Sex Offender Program

Prisoners Stand Against Racism and Colonialism in Canada’s “New Residential Schools”

Hunger Strike Ends with Concessions from Pennsylvania Prison System

Coordinated Hunger Strike Across Seven Canada Prisons Honours Indigenous Children

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