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    A Former Warden’s View on Prison Strikes

    "An inmate is there as punishment, not for punishment," says former warden Cameron Lindsay.
    by Robin Washington Aug 23, 2018 4 minutes

    This week, a prison strike has been called for inmates at 17 facilities nationwide in response to an April riot at South Carolina’s Lee Correctional Institution, where seven inmates were killed while prison staff failed to immediately respond.

    Among 10 demands stated by the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, one of several groups endorsing the strike, are improvements in prison conditions, prevailing wages for incarcerated workers, voting rights for all confined citizens and an end to the racial overcharging, over-sentencing and parole denials to people of color. The strike is planned to continue until Sept. 9, the 47th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising.

    For a view into the nature of prison strikes and how authorities respond to them,

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