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DESCRIPTION:Join the emergency action to support the California Prisoner Hunger Strike 
 on Friday, Oct. 14, 10:30 AM‐1 PM, at McAllister and Van Ness in San 
 Francisco and tell CDCR and Gov. Jerry Brown to meet the strikers’ 5 core 
 demands! \n\nMany prisoners have said they will strike to death in order to 
 maintain their rights as human beings and also stop the torture they are 
 experiencing.\n\nHundreds of prisoners around California are entering the 
 third week of their hunger strike. CDCR refuses to negotiate with the 
 prisoners.\n\nWith the second phase of a massive California prisoner hunger 
 strike in its third week, prisoners have begun to report grave medical 
 issues. “Men are collapsing in their cells because they haven’t eaten 
 in two weeks,” says a family member of a striker at Calipatria state 
 prison, “I have been told that guards refuse to respond when called. This 
 is clearly a medical emergency.” In an effort to isolate prisoners 
 perceived by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 
 (CDCR) to be leaders, some prisoners at Pelican Bay have been removed from 
 the Security Housing Unit (SHU) to Administrative Segregation (Ad-Seg). The 
 Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity coalition has received reports that 
 prison officials have been attempting to freeze out strikers held in the 
 Ad-Seg Unit at Pelican Bay, using the air conditioning system in 
 conjunction with cold weather conditions where the prison is located. Last 
 week a hunger striker in Pelican Bay was taken to a hospital in Oregon 
 after he suffered a heart attack. Prisoners have also been denied 
 medications, including prescriptions for high blood pressure.\n\nThe CDCR 
 has been treating the current strike, which began on September 26th, as a 
 mass disturbance and has refused negotiations. “The prisoners are saying 
 that they are willing to take this to death if necessary to win their 
 demands,” says Dorsey Nunn, executive director of Legal Services for 
 Prisoners with Children and a member of the mediation team working on 
 behalf of the prisoners. “Any deaths that result from the men starving 
 themselves will be on the hands of the CDCR. We are at a point were we are 
 calling on the media to make inquiries on prison protocol if and when 
 prisoners begin to die. If they want to avoid that kind of scenario, the 
 CDCR can start negotiating.” Prisoners at Corcoran have stated “Due to 
 what they have done here to us, some men have stopped drinking water 
 completely, so we may well be close to death in a few days.”\n\nPrisoners 
 and advocates have expressed serious concerns about the state of medical 
 care in Corcoran, Calipatria, Pelican Bay and Salinas Valley where the 
 strike continues. Dr. Michael Sayre, who is the Chief Medical Officer at 
 Pelican Bay was sued successfully by a prisoner in 2009 for knowingly 
 disregarding his severe medical needs. In addition, Sayre was also 
 investigated and disciplined surrounding the death of a prisoner in 
 Washington State in 1992 during surgery. “The California Prison system is 
 in federal receivership in part due to the substandard medical care 
 provided inside,” says Terry Kupers, a member of the mediation team and 
 an expert on prison health issues, “It is my professional opinion that 
 the hunger strikers are not receiving the care that they need and that 
 their conditions could be exacerbated by the CDCR, especially if 
 force-feeding comes into play.” Force-feeding is a common practice used 
 against prisoners who refuse to eat and can involve forcing a tube into the 
 person’s stomach via the nose.  The practice has been widely condemned as 
 torture by hundreds of doctors worldwide.\n\nEmergency Action: Friday, Oct. 
 14th, McAllister and Van Ness, 10:30 AM to 1 PM. \n\nPrisoner Hunger Strike 
 Solidarity holds weekly vigils in support of the prisoner hunger strike. 
 Thursday, Oct. 13th, 24th and Mission, 5 PM to 7 PM and Thursday, Oct. 
 20th, Fruitvale BART 5 PM to 7 PM. For more information on the vigils, 
 please call 415-238-1801.\n\nFor more information on the prisoner hunger 
 strike please visit: www.prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com or 
 email prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity@gmail.com or phone: 510-444-0484\n\n 
 \n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/12/18693236.php
SUMMARY:Prisoner Hunger Strike: Emergency Action!
LOCATION:McAliister & Van Ness, San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/12/18693236.php
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