Calif. Inmates 'Prepared to Starve Themselves' to Protest Indefinite Isolation




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Summary: Pelican Bay State Prison in Northern California is designed to hold some of the state's most violent offenders in isolated security units. In early July, inmates launched a state-wide hunger strike to demand limits on time spent in solitary. Special correspondent Michael Montgomery offers background on the policy.