imagine

being locked up
inside a bathroom
for
HO
URS
D
A
Y
S
M
O
N
THS
YEARS
...
on any given day in American prisons and jails
80,000 people are |eld in solirary conlnemenr
in barren cells that are the size of small bathrooms
25,000 of them are held in long-term isolation
inside supermax prisons
imagine
being locked up
inside a bathroom
for
HO
URS
D
A
Y
S
M
O
N
THS
YEARS
...
on any given day in American prisons and jails
80,000 people are |eld in solirary conlnemenr
in barren cells that are the size of small bathrooms
25,000 of them are held in long-term isolation
inside supermax prisons
since July 8, prisoners in m
ore than
24 Californian prisons have been
on hunger strike to protest the
:|e|e': jelit el lerj|erm
:eli|er
terlrem
er| ir 'jetiel het:irj
Uri|: ['hU]
Ihe priseaers' hve tere demuads:
end group punishment & administrative abuse
1.
oLolish rh dLrilng policy ond modily gong
srorus crirrio
2.
comply wirh sroLlishd rcommndorions
concrning rh us ol solirory conlnmnr
3.
provid odquor ond nurririous lood
4.
xpond or provid consrrucriv progromming
ond privilgs lor indlnir SHU inmors
5.
sropmossincorcrorion.nr
prisonrhungrsrri|solidoriry.wordprss.com
+ 30,000 prisoners (1 in 5 prisoners in CA)
wnr on hungr srri| on July 8
+ 11,000 CA prisonrs or in solirory
conlnmnr
- rh ovrog rrm lor solirory conlnmnr
in CA is 6.8 years and 513 prisoners have
served more than 10 years
- ony prisonr occusd ro L o gong mmLr
rcivs 6 years in solirory conlnmnr
- lor rh Unird Norions, solirory conlnmnr
Lyond 15 days consrirurs rorrur
- prison ollciols olrn punish o group ol
prisonrs lor rul violorion Ly 1 person
since July 8, prisoners in m
ore than
24 Californian prisons have been
on hunger strike to protest the
:|e|e': jelit el lerj|erm
:eli|er
terlrem
er| ir 'jetiel het:irj
Uri|: ['hU]
Ihe priseaers' hve tere demuads:
end group punishment & administrative abuse
1.
oLolish rh dLrilng policy ond modily gong
srorus crirrio
2.
comply wirh sroLlishd rcommndorions
concrning rh us ol solirory conlnmnr
3.
provid odquor ond nurririous lood
4.
xpond or provid consrrucriv progromming
ond privilgs lor indlnir SHU inmors
5.
sropmossincorcrorion.nr
prisonrhungrsrri|solidoriry.wordprss.com
+ 30,000 prisoners (1 in 5 prisoners in CA)
wnr on hungr srri| on July 8
+ 11,000 CA prisonrs or in solirory
conlnmnr
- rh ovrog rrm lor solirory conlnmnr
in CA is 6.8 years and 513 prisoners have
served more than 10 years
- ony prisonr occusd ro L o gong mmLr
rcivs 6 years in solirory conlnmnr
- lor rh Unird Norions, solirory conlnmnr
Lyond 15 days consrirurs rorrur
- prison ollciols olrn punish o group ol
prisonrs lor rul violorion Ly 1 person