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This article is included with a series of other articles related to “operation push” which is a possible upcoming prison strike that is being planned by numerous inmates across the state of Florida. Inmate Johnson makes numerous allegations of mistreatment of inmates at Florida state prison and proclaims ...

last updated: 23/01/2018. Unions claim 115 of France's 188 prisons are blocked by a strike by prison guards while prison authorities put the figure at 50. Now Reading: French prison strike widens. Error loading player: No playable sources found. French prison strike widens. Share this article. facebook ...

Striking prison guards stand outside the Borgo Prison on Thursday. PHOTO: PASCAL POCHARD-CASABIANCA / AFP. AFP. news.france@thelocal.com · @thelocalfrance. 21 January 2018. 04:34 CET+01:00. A week-long French prison strike sparked by a spate of inmate attacks on guards looks set to ...

The action by Florida prisoners this week is the second such move undertaken by them. They were involved in a nationwide protest in September of 2016 to mark the 45th anniversary of the Attica uprising. Billed as the largest prison strike in history, the event was called specifically to end prison slavery:.

Prisoners in the state were among the most active during a nationwide strike in September 2016, which was quickly dubbed the “largest prison strike in U.S. history.” At least 10 Florida prisons participated in that action, which was planned to coincide with the 45th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising but ...

When the summer sun in Florida pushes temperatures past 100 degrees, state prisoners — the vast majority of whom are stuck in jail without air-conditioning on drug charges — feel it. When those inmates work (they were forced, for example, to clean up after Hurricane Irma), they typically don't get a dime ...

At the start of July, the Arizona Department of Corrections hiked prices for food, basic hygienic supplies like soap and tampons, and other items sold in the state's prison commissaries. A Nature Valley granola bar, previously 37 cents, now costs nearly a dollar. A pack of unfiltered Camel cigarettes goes for ...

The people who organized the country's biggest prison strike against what they call modern-day slavery have planned their next target: corporate food service giant Aramark. The $8.65 billion company is one of the country's largest employers and serves hot dogs, burgers, sandwiches and other food to ...

Washington wrote that a day before the beginning of what turned into the country's largest-ever prison strike, including thousands of inmates across dozens of state prisons, two officers asked him to step out of his cell, handcuffed him and put him in solitary confinement. He had been vocal about his support ...

The largest prison strike in U.S. history has been going on for nearly a week, but there's a good chance you haven't heard about it. For months, inmates at dozens of prisons across the country have been organizing through a network of smuggled cellphones, social media pages, and the support of allies on ...