The latest hunger strike in state prisons has ended, according to prisoner advocates and California corrections officials.
At its peak, more than 4,000 inmates up and down the state were refusing meals in prisons from the Salton Sea to Pelican Bay. The strike, which began Sept. 26, followed one in July over conditions in the system's high-security Security Housing Unit. More PrisonerPal.com True Crime Today Magazine Subscriptions for Prisoners since 1975