These prisoners set aside all prior affiliations to stand as one (to the death) against solitary confinement, making nonsense of the argument that they can’t overcome gang affiliations and are therefore too dangerous for General Population.
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity
Christian Gomez was participating in the most recent hunger strike at Corcoran State Prison in the Administrative Segregation Unit (AdSeg/ASU), and died due to “medical conditions,” according to the CDCR. Gomez’s sister, Yajaira, speaks out on behalf of her brother and their family on Democracy Now. Attorney Carol Strickman, of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children and Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity, explains developments with the prisoners’ struggles against torturous conditions of solitary confinement in CA.