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Seven months after historic California prison hunger strike, opponents of solitary...

Tomorrow, California lawmakers will hold a hearing about the use of solitary confinement inside its state prison system. February marks seven months since people incarcerated throughout California embarked on the mass hunger strike that has drawn legislative attention to prison conditions. The CDCR released new proposed regulations around its gang policies, and it points to changes already made. Accounts from former hunger strikers suggest that change is slow in coming.

Staff accountability is key to meeting our demands

Those in the executive environs of the CDCR have continued to evade what I believe is the most important of the hunger strike’s five core demands: staff accountability. Supervisory staff, department heads and managers have the duty to insure accountability of subordinate staff.