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Prisoners across multiple facilities in California began a hunger strike this past Monday, July 8th. The strike is gaining supporters and a mass rally is scheduled for day six of the hunger strike on July 13th. 

This video was tweeted to us yesterday by @lucaswolf. Very informative. 

You can read a bit more via The Guardian. 

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An estimated 30,000 inmates in jails across California are participating in a hunger strike to protest against solitary confinement and other conditions they say amount to torture.

Prisoners refused meals for a second day on Tuesday in about two dozen jails, signalling what was thought to be the biggest protest of its kind in California's history.

The campaign is a ramped-up sequel to hunger strikes in 2011, which shone international attention on the state's troubled penal system but failed to wring significant concessions from authorities.

READ MORE AT THE GUARDIAN