From State Prison to LA County – my article today in LA Progressive

From State Prison to LA County: Ready or Not (via LA Progressive)

As I write this Saturday morning, thousands of California prison inmates enter their fifth day of hunger strike to protest — among other abuses — long-term solitary confinement, otherwise known in the US and around the world as torture. Even after…

 

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