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Santa Rita Sheriff’s Office Says Prisoners Not Being Maltreated; Prisoners’ Protest Says Otherwise
by Kevin Bliss
Detainees and prisoners at the Santa Rita Jail (SRJ) in Dublin, California, participated in a peaceful protest over the unsanitary and unconstitutional conditions in the jail. Beginning October 30, 2019, between 300 and 400 prisoners engaged in a six-day hunger strike and work stoppage. They supplied a ...
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