Failed Response to Coronavirus in Indiana Prisons (Pendleton Correctional Facility)
Submitted by R Totale on May 1 2020 10:55
An article by Kevin "Rashid" Johnson exposing how Indiana prisons have responded to the pandemic. Since this article was first written, a hunger strike has broken out over the conditions described here.
Power to the people: A welcome prison victory in Ohio (January 2011)
A pair of articles by Bomani Shakur and Denis O'Hearn reporting on the successful outcome of the 2011 hunger strike by Lucasville defendants. This story was first posted by the San Francisco Bay View.
If We Must Die: Bomani Shakur's statement on launching a hunger strike (January 2011)
A statement by Bomani Shakur on the co-ordinated hunger strike launched by several Lucasville defendants in January 2011. This article was first published by the San Francisco Bay View.
Innocent on Death Row: An interview with Bomani Shakur/Keith LaMar
An interview with Lucasville Uprising prisoner Bomani Shakur/Keith LaMar, carried out by JR Valrey for Block Report Radio. This transcript was first published by the San Francisco Bay View.
Agreement to End Hostilities
A 2012 statement declaring an end to hostilities between racial and gang groups in the California prison system. This statement emerged from the mass hunger strike movement in California prisons in the early 2010s.
North Carolina hunger strikers thank supporters after winning concessions
Submitted by R Totale on Aug 13 2019 18:16
Last week, the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) put out a call to participate in a phone zap campaign in support of a hunger strike to win better conditions at the Scotland Correctional Institution in North Carolina. What follows is a message from one of the hunger strikers thanking people for taking part in the action.
1953: Uprising at the Norilisk Labour Camp
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jun 28 2019 19:37
Account of a mass strike by inmates at the Norilag Gulag against executions and enforced labour.
Women detainees launch hunger strike in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre – “Release us and close this place down.”
Submitted by R Totale on Nov 29 2018 19:10
Over 40 women in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre have gone on hunger strike protesting against a charter flight (Tues 27 Nov) that will take traumatised women back to Nigeria. Content note: this article contains mentions of sexual violence.
October Prison Strike Updates - Roundup and Next Steps
Submitted by R Totale on Oct 16 2018 18:33
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