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Sun Jul 17 2005
Hip Hop Show In Oakland Demands Closure Of CYA Prisons
Hip Hop Against CYA
On July 16th Books Not Bars held a hip hop show and rally in downtown Oakland demanding the closure of the California Youth Authority (CYA) prisons.
Among those who played at the event were Mista F.A.B., Boogie Shack, Company of Prophets, Fiyawata, Dream Dance Company, JenRO, and DJ Treat U Nice.
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The CYA is California's state prison system for youth. In the past few years reports have show that the CYA has put some inmates in 23-hour-a-day solitary confinement for months on end, locked youth in four-by-four cages during class time, instigated violence between inmates and failed to provide real health care for inmates.
What's Wrong with the California Youth Authority? | CYA & Race: California's Dirty Little Secret
Past Coverage Of The CYA: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
The CYA is California's state prison system for youth. In the past few years reports have show that the CYA has put some inmates in 23-hour-a-day solitary confinement for months on end, locked youth in four-by-four cages during class time, instigated violence between inmates and failed to provide real health care for inmates.
What's Wrong with the California Youth Authority? | CYA & Race: California's Dirty Little Secret
Past Coverage Of The CYA: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
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