The largest prison work strike in U.S. history has entered its third week.
Organizers report that as of last week at least 20 prisons in 11 states
continued to protest, including in Alabama, California, Florida, Indiana,
Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, South Carolina and Washington. The
Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee says at one point about 20,000
prisoners were on strike. With protest has come punishment. Several facilities
have been put on lockdown, with prisoners kept in their cells and denied phone
access both before and during the strike. Organizers have also been put in
solitary confinement.
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