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February 20, 2012

California Prisoner Dies During Hunger Strike over Jail Conditions 
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Prison officials in California have confirmed a 27-year-old prisoner
died earlier this month while on a hunger strike. Christian Alexander
Gomez died six days after he and 31 other prisoners in the Corcoran
State Prison's administrative segregation unit began refusing food to
protest restrictions on access to health, good food and legal services.



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