Prisoners Strike Against Torture in California Prisons
Submitted on July 19, 2011
By Marjorie Cohn - Znet Commentary
The torture of prisoners in U.S. custody isn’t confined to foreign countries. For more than two weeks, inmates at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison have been on a hunger strike to protest torturous conditions in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) there. Prisoners have been held for years in solitary confinement, which can amount to torture...Solitary confinement can lead to hallucinations, catatonia and even suicide, particularly in mentally ill prisoners.
