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July 28, 2011

Supporters: California Prisoners Have Ended Hunger Strike 
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Prison solidarity activists have confirmed a number of California
prisoners have ended their more than three-week hunger strike protesting
alleged cruel and unusual conditions. The prisoners had demanded a
number of changes in the prison system already standard practice in
other parts of the country, including an end to group punishment, denial
of food as punishment and ending long-term solitary confinement. The
strike began in the Pelican Bay maximum security facility near the
Oregon border and drew the support of thousands of prisoners throughout
California. A group of hunger-strike leaders say they have agreed to end
the strike after California prison officials promised immediate steps
with more to follow in the coming weeks.