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October 14, 2011

California Prisoners End Hunger Strike 
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The hunger strike against inhumane conditions at California's state
prisons has reportedly ended after three weeks. Thousands of inmates at
Pelican Bay and other state prisons resumed their fast last month to
demand swifter action on promises to change conditions in long-term
solitary confinement they had won to end the first hunger-strike in
July. Among the new promises, prison officials have vowed to review the
cases of all inmates already in isolated units because they have been
deemed to have gang ties, not because of their behavior behind bars.



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