Hunger strikers in Pennsylvania solitary win demands
By Joe Piette posted on July 15, 2021
Philadelphia
Prisoners in solitary confinement who went on a hunger strike June 23 in the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix Pennsylvania’s largest prison ended their difficult struggle July 6 with a stunning victory.
At SCI Phoenix, July 6. WW PHOTO: Joe Piette
According to Levittown Now, more than 20 incarcerated people were demanding the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PA DOC) “acknowledge that they are being held in a currently undefined ‘intensive management unit’ (IMU) and provide a policy and guidelines in the department handbook for it; provide people being held in this unit with programming and mental health services; give incarcerated people a path out of solitary confinement; and end long-term solitary confinement in the state.” (July 2)
Bill Cosby’s wife on
The Cosby Show, spoke out on Wednesday following the announcement that the disgraced TV star was being released from prison after his sexual assault conviction was overturned.
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“FINALLY!!!!” she wrote on Twitter. “A terrible wrong is being righted a miscarriage of justice is corrected!”
FINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being righted- a miscarriage of justice is corrected! pic.twitter.com/NrGUdwr23c Phylicia Rashad (@PhyliciaRashad) June 30, 2021
While she turned off the comments under the post, her tweet ignited a slew of angry responses. Rashad responded to the stinging criticism with another post hours later.
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