Prisoners are hunger striking against indefinite lockdown and group punishment.
Corcoran State Prison Protest outside
→ in solidarity with people inside who are peacefully protesting against torture ←
Sat & Sun/Feb 16 and 17
11:00am – 2:30pm (both days)
in front of Corcoran State Prison entrance
Corcoran, CA 93212
Families are mobilizing for this weekend’s protests.
Please participate if you can!!
Contact number: 562.537.7068.
On Jan. 9, 2019, an estimated 250 prisoners went on hunger strike within Corcoran State Prison’s 3C facility in response to an indefinite lockdown. They have asked that this info be made public and that their DEMANDS BE HEARD.
Corcoran State Prison (3C Yrd)
SIX CORE DEMANDS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
- Lift Lock-Down.
- Allow Visits.
- Allow Us To Attend Educational, Vocational & Rehabilitation Programs That We’re Enrolled In.
- Allow Us To Receive Commissary & Packages.
- That We Be Given Our Weekly 10 Hrs Of Mandated Outdoor Exercise Yard.
- That We Are Treated Fairly.
***WE’VE BEEN ON THIS PEACEFUL HUNGER STRIKE SINCE JANUARY 9TH, 2019 AND HAVE YET TO SEE CHANGE… WE WILL CONTINUE THIS HUNGER STRIKE UNTIL OUR VOICES ARE HEARD.
UPDATE: On January 9, 2019, an estimated 250 prisoners initiated a hunger strike within California State Prison – Corcoran’s 3C facility in response to an indefinite lockdown. On Jan 28, after three weeks of refusing food trays, the warden met with representatives, granted full canteen privileges and promised to work out a separate yard schedule. The strikers suspended their hunger strike and were ready to continue negotiations in good faith.
Over the last two weeks there has been NO PROGRESS on receiving full canteen or separate yard time. The warden has reneged on all pledges so the strikers of 3C refused breakfast trays on Monday, Feb 11 and held a day long noise demo banging on doors and windows. The initial demands remain and strikers insist that they be dealt with in good faith.
BACKGROUND: All units within Corcoran’s 3C facility have been on “modified program” for four months now. This essentially means a “lockdown” in all meaningful aspects – no visitation, no canteen, no packages, no educational, rehab or vocational programming, and little yard time.
The pretext for this indefinite lockdown by CDCr of hundreds of prisoners for months on end is an altercation on Sept. 28 which saw three prisoners from their unit attacked and put into the infirmary. Group punishments and indefinite isolation are standard practices by CDCr and must stop.
These practices only escalate trauma and conflict and ultimately only promote violence and destabilization within facilities. The effects are not an accident or “regrettable by-products.” This is how CDCr interprets its mission: control by brutalization and division.
The above info is from the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee.
See more articles and interviews about the strike below.
PLEASE MAKE PHONE CALLS!
The hunger strike representatives have requested phone calls be made to officials in Sacramento to amplify the demands.
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity 