It has been five weeks since hundreds of California prisoners began a hunger strike to protest prisoners treatment and to end indefinite solitary confinement in California’s prison system. Some hunger strikers have been recently hospitalized. Prison representatives have called the hunger strike a “gang power play.” Assemblyman Tom Ammiano called for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to begin addressing the concerns of hunger strikers. Will conditions in California prisons change?
Guests: Ron Ahnen, Political Science Professor, St. Mary’s College, Sacramento, CA, http://www.stmarys-ca.edu ; Jorge Santana, Captain,California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Sacramento, CA, http://www.cdcr.ca.gov ; Carlos Alcalá, Communications Director, Office of California Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, Sacramento, CA, http://www.asmdc.org/members/a17/ ; Danny Murillo, Former prisoner, Oakland, CA; Luis Jauregui, Former prisoner, Sacramento, CA.
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