California prison hunger strike will likely resume Monday
Inmates in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay State Prison are planning on resuming their hunger strike on Monday, September 26. In July, a three-week protest started in the “short...
View ArticleExit Interview: Prison official talks hunger strike, death penalty
The past 13 months have been difficult for California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Last year, a new lethal injection facility was built in San Quentin. The state spent just over...
View ArticleConnecting the Dots: top news stories for Thursday, October 27
Last night, demonstrators along the Embarcadero in the Occupy San Francisco movement faced off with police clad in riot gear. An organizer shouted to demonstrators, “"These are the magic words....
View ArticleWeb exclusive: Retired prisons official Scott Kernan on growing up at San...
Last week, we ran an interview with Scott Kernan, who was until recently, second in command at the California Department of Correcitons and Rehabilitation. Kernan has been at the center of some of the...
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