Statewide Mobilization to Sacramento: August 23rd, 2011
Join us for a Day of Action in Sacramento to support the historic prisoner-led protest against torture in CA's prisons
When: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Rally & Speak Out @ 11:30 am
Legislative Hearing @ 1:30 pm
Where: State Assembly Building: Sacramento, CA
Rally @ North Steps
Support the Prisoners in Winning their Demands!
Support the Statewide Mobilization (inside & outside CA)
Watch a video of why prisoners are protesting
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On July 1st, prisoners in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay State Prison in CA started an indefinite hunger strike to protest inhumane & torturous conditions of their imprisonment.
After more than 6,600 prisoners across a third of CA's prison system joined the strike, the CA Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR) agreed to review it's gang validation & debriefing policies. Refusing food for at least 20 days, the prisoners won a few concessions. The prisoners in the SHU at Pelican Bay representing the hunger strikers agreed to suspend the strike, giving the CDCR a few weeks to implement more substantial changes in response to the hunger strikers' five core demands.
The prisoners now need our support to make sure their voices are heard during this legislative hearing on August 23rd. The first wave of the hunger strike surmounted support by the tens of thousands across prison walls and (inter)national borders. We now need to grow this support exponentially. Please take the first step by forwarding this information to everyone you know and join the statewide mobilization!
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In Solidarity,
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity*
Family & community members supporting the hunger strike: Sacramento July, 2011
*Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity is a coalition based in the Bay Area with international supporters of prisoner rights advocates, lawyers, family& community members and anti-prison activist organizations. The coalition and hunger strike was initiated by prisoners in Pelican Bay State Prison. Coalition partners include: Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, All of Us or None, Campaign to End the Death Penalty, California Prison Focus, Prison Activist Resource Center, Critical Resistance, Kersplebedeb, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, American Friends Service Committee, and a number of individuals throughout the United States and Canada. Check out a growing list of over 200 organizations internationally that have signed-on in support of the hunger strike. To get in contact with the coalition, email: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity@gmail.com