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Inmates will go on strike by refusing to eat and work to protest 'prison slavery'
Daily Mail ^ | 8/19/18 | Keith Griffith

Posted on 08/21/2018 3:01:15 AM PDT by Libloather

Prison inmates across the country are preparing to go on strike by refusing to eat or work, as a way to protest what they call 'prison slavery' and poor conditions.

Though the extent of the planned strike is not known, prisoners in at least 17 states say they will be taking part in coordinated action, which will begin on Tuesday and last through September 9.

Organizers say the strike is partly in response to the April riot in South Carolina's Lee Correctional Institution, where seven inmates were killed by other prisoners when gang tensions boiled over.

The masterminds of the strike have issued a list of 10 'demands', including an improvement of prison conditions, an end to life imprisonment, and an end to low-paid jobs behind bars.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: inmates; prison; protest; right2die; strike
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To: Libloather

Oh boo freakin’ hoo. Here’s a thought for you: if you don’t like prison conditions DON’T COMMIT CRIMES. Excuse me but prison should be painful so no one wants to go back.


21 posted on 08/21/2018 4:03:10 AM PDT by MissEdie (I am South Carolina Strong.)
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To: Libloather

yawn


22 posted on 08/21/2018 4:06:54 AM PDT by albie
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To: okie 54
On strike until September 9th? Fine, starve yourselves to death. Hope many of them croak, just think of the financial savings those states will realize. Here they go, inmates running the asylums.
23 posted on 08/21/2018 4:09:34 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: SaveFerris

Please don’t joke about moonbeam being President. After what he’s done to Mexifornia, I get nautious thinking what he’d do to the US.


24 posted on 08/21/2018 4:10:05 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: varyouga

We shouldn’t be doing such a thing in America.

That is why I am for outsourcing our prisons to Communist China.
The first transport ship could leave next week.


25 posted on 08/21/2018 4:15:51 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: HighSierra5

Well, 1/2 of this nation was stupid enough to elect Obama. TWICE

i never underestimate the stupidity of liberals.

I think the Democrats will go with Uncle Joe.


26 posted on 08/21/2018 4:17:24 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Libloather
feed-em loaf for a year
27 posted on 08/21/2018 4:17:43 AM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Libloather

OK - for every hour you don’t eat, you must go another hour before you can eat.......


28 posted on 08/21/2018 4:28:51 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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To: Libloather

Good let em starve to death

The list of demands weren’t written by prisoners.....they read like something out of one of the commie groups running around. Final demand is to be able to vote will in prison


29 posted on 08/21/2018 4:29:24 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: varyouga

No the way you handle corruption is to handle corruption.

They want prevailing wage? Give it to em on the books.....then charge them room and board and cost of guards


30 posted on 08/21/2018 4:32:25 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: KingLudd
I see what you did there 😂😂😂
31 posted on 08/21/2018 4:33:46 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler
I think a return to remotely located prisons with hard labor like busting rocks all day would solve a lot of problems and cut way down on recidivism.

and toss in a chain-gang trimming the weeds along the roadway. /not sarc

32 posted on 08/21/2018 4:40:29 AM PDT by ptsal
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To: Libloather
The Daily Smear will peddle any FAXED over PR smear by the Left.
This deranged Never Trumper tag is a sea of lies and Left Wing PR planted stories .

Its FAKE NEWS at its worst .

33 posted on 08/21/2018 4:44:30 AM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists out themselves ever ti)
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To: Libloather

If it’s all prisoners, then, any of them on-track for “early release for good behavior” should be removed from the list.

NO parole for “strikers”.

Any internal violence, ANY VIOLENCE, racks on five years to sentence, PER INCIDENT.


34 posted on 08/21/2018 5:03:45 AM PDT by FrankR (IF it wasn't for the "F-word", and it's deritiives, the left would have no message at all.)
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To: Libloather

Dont like the accomodations? Then you should have stayed at home!


35 posted on 08/21/2018 5:08:08 AM PDT by weezel
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To: Libloather

Hand out pussy hats to em.


36 posted on 08/21/2018 5:08:24 AM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: Libloather

This is part of the “prison reform” Trump is supposedly about to sign on to.


37 posted on 08/21/2018 5:08:59 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Libloather

-—end of life inprisonment——

No brainer. To end sentences of life inprisonment, simply end the criminal’s life


38 posted on 08/21/2018 5:11:05 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12) Sanctuary is Sedition)
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To: Libloather

They don’t want to eat or work? Fine, then lock them in their cells 24/7, confiscate anything not bolted down, offer them only baloney sandwiches & water, turn off the lights, & let them scream until they drop dead.


39 posted on 08/21/2018 5:11:57 AM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: ptsal
and toss in a chain-gang trimming the weeds along the roadway. /not sarc

For reference see the movie "Cool Hand Luke"


40 posted on 08/21/2018 5:16:35 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Liberalism is the philosophy of sniveling brats. - P.J. ORourke)
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