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DESCRIPTION:International Day of Protest & Solidarity with the Prison Hunger 
 Strikers\n\nOn Monday August 1st protesters will demonstrate in cities 
 including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Seattle 
 supporting demands raised by a dramatic 20-day prison hunger strike in 
 July.  The hunger strike protested cruel and inhumane conditions in 
 California’s prisons.  Prison officials acknowledge the strike involved 
 thousands of prisoners in multiple prisons.\n\nIn San Francisco, \nRally 
 Noon - 1 PM at California State Building, Van Ness and McAllister\nand 1 PM 
 March to Governor and Attorney General’s offices, 455 Golden Gate 
 Ave\n\nPrisoners in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay State 
 Prison began the hunger strike on July 1, 2011 The protest was an unusual 
 show of racial unity and was joined by at least 6600 prisoners in 13 
 California prisons.   The prisoners issued five demands all revolving 
 around basic human rights and legal rights violations by the California 
 prison system, such as the policy of long-term solitary confinement, widely 
 denounced by legal experts as a form of torture.\n\nThe hunger strike ended 
 only when the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) met with 
 strike leaders and agreed to a few smaller requests, promising to "give 
 real attention" to all the  demands.  The hunger strike leaders have 
 declared their strike "successful in exposing CDCR's illegal policies and 
 practices to the world.”\n\nMonday’s protests are sponsored by a 
 variety of organizations insisting that CDCR must fully meet the five 
 demands.  They also insist that prisoners should suffer no retaliation for 
 the strike.\n\nMore news and information at 
 \nprisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/31/18686609.php
SUMMARY:Support California Prisoners' Hunger Strike Demands
LOCATION:California State Building\nVan Ness and McAllister\nSan Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/31/18686609.php
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