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Protesters Converge on Corrections Secretary’s Home and Several Prisons in California’s Central Valley

ByperilousDecember 14, 2020

In the midst of a massive COVID-19 outbreak throughout the California prison system and after a month-long hunger strike at one facility, supporters and family members of prisoners converged on several Valley-area prisons Sunday before staging a demonstration in front of the

ByperilousDecember 5, 2020

Three prisoners at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (CSATF) in Corcoran, California ended their hunger strike this week after more than a month of refusing food in protest of conditions.

ByperilousNovember 13, 2020

At the end of October, in the midst of a rapidly spreading COVID-19 epidemic at the facility, a small group of prisoners in D yard have announced a work stoppage and hunger strike in protest of what they consider to be institution’s “failure to protect” them from the spread

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Over 100 Detainees at Mesa Verde ICE Facility Stage Hunger Strike Over COVID-19

ByperilousApril 9, 2020

April 9, 2020: More than 100 detainees engaged in a hunger strike, demanding ICE officials do more to protect them from the spread of COVID-19. The strike was initiated by the women detainees and it eventually spread to one of the male wings of the facility.

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Hunger Strike at Adelanto ICE Processing Center, California

ByperilousApril 5, 2020

April 5 - ongoing: A series of hunger strikes have occurred in the Adelanto ICE Processing Center involving an estimated 100-180 detainees. The strikers are protesting the lack of basic sanitation and their continued confinement during a global pandemic that continues to

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Hunger Strike at Otay Mesa ICE Detention Center, California

ByperilousApril 3, 2020

April 3 - (end date unknown): At least 12 detainees at the Otay Mesa Detention Facility organized a hunger strike to demand an effective response to Covid-19.

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Meal Strike at Monterey County Jail In Response to COVID-19

ByperilousMarch 17, 2020

March 17, 2020: Prisoners in both the mens and womens sections of the jail refused meals for fear of being infected with COVID-19.

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Meal Strike at Monterey County Jail, California in Response to COVID-19

ByperilousMarch 17, 2020

March 17, 2020: Prisoners detained in the women's side of the Monterey County Jail staged a meal strike on March 17, in fear of contracting the coronavirus through their food. Rene Brooks, an organizer of the strike, maintains that some prisoners are still participating as

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Hunger Strike and Work Strike at Santa Rita County Jail, California

ByperilousOctober 30, 2019

October 30, 2019: Detainees at the Santa Rita County Jail staged a one-day hunger strike and work strike in protest of "widespread institutional neglect and abuse, including unsanitary living conditions, price gouging, poor medical care, forced labor, and lack of access to

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Attack on Guards at North Kern State Prison, California

ByperilousSeptember 13, 2019

September 13, 2019: After a guard found a prisoner with a contraband cellphone, the prisoner attacked the guard and seven others joined in. The prisoners punched and kicked the guards, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

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Protesters Converge on Corrections Secretary’s Home and Several Prisons in California’s Central Valley

Month-Long Hunger Strike at Corcoran Prison Ends as COVID Outbreak Continues

Hunger Strike Enters Third Week at California’s Largest Prison