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CALIFORNIA PRISON HUNGER STRIKE – SO WHAT’S IT REALLY ALL ABOUT?

On July 8th, a reported 30,000 prisoners started a hunger strike in California prisons, most in Pelican Bay State Prison.  At the end of the month, only about 600 inmates were still refusing two of their three daily meals.  This so-called “hunger strike” was the brainchild of convicted killer, Todd Ashker, a member of the […]

WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY FOR SATELLITE TV?

In July 2008, I read an article in the Denver Post about an inmate, Jonathan Kasper, at the Limon Correctional Facility – a convicted killer serving a life sentence – who had been on a hunger strike for 10 days to protest reduced prison activities for inmates after authorities took away his drums!  Can anyone […]